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ibrithir-was-here · 8 months

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How the heck is there not more talk about Tanith Lee??

Like my gosh, the woman wrote, according to her wiki, 90 books, over 300 short stories, two World Fantasy Awards, and was the first woman to win the British Fantasy Award/Augus Derleth Award and wrote for tv shows.

Like, it's not like she just wrote a heck ton but wasn't very good! She was clearly very good she won awards, and i've read a swath of her stuff across different genres and really enjoyed most of it. I mean that even if not each one has been my cup of tea I can at least appreciate the skill and quite a lot I have truly enjoyed. She's got great prose and style and imagination. Not everything obviously was a banger, but they've all been at least well written, which is harder to come by in writing than you might think.

But nobody ever seems to talk about her?? And I feel like the fantasy crowd on here would really enjoy her stuff. The woman has done stuff in pretty much every genre from what I can see, but I never see her listed on fantasy authors like Clive Barker or Diana Wynne Jones or Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett or Diane Duane even though she was writing at the same time and has a similar sort of '80s Doing Cool Stuff with Fantasy vibe' I feel like people who like those authors would enjoy though she's very much her own style of author.

Anyway this was really just me putting out a rant that such a prolific and talented author seems to have fallen by the wayside and I think it's really a shame

Heck she even did a witch-queen fighting againt vampire Snow White a whole decade before Neil Gaiman did his phenomenal Snow Glass Apples and it's also excellent, give a look here:

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#tanith lee #fantasy authors #fantasy books #70s fantasy #80s fantasy #90s fantasy #british fantasy #British writers #i dunno how to tag i just want this woman to be remembered darn it #Youtube #i hope its ok to tag the authors mentioned #not trying to spam but like also want the fan crossover to get people interested in her again?#i dont know why i'm taking this so personally xD #neil gaiman #diane duane #terry pratchett #clive barker #diana wynne jones #vampire snow white

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bitterkarella · 4 months

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Midnight Pals: Muse

Anna Helen Crofts: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, this is a little story that me and howard wrote together Barker: you and howard? how'd that happen? HP Lovecraft: oh we've been looking for a project to do together for a while

Edward Lee: bro you hanging with anna helen crofts now? Lovecraft: yeah Lee: bro Lee: sonia greene, winifred jackson, hazel heald Lee: how are you pulling all this quality tail? Lovecraft: i don't know, i'm just being myself Lee: Lee: bro that doesn't make any sense

Crofts: ok so this story is about a woman who reads a poetry book Crofts: and she has a dream that the gods themselves appear to her Crofts: and they're all 'babe, we got some great news for you' Crofts: you're so hot that you're gonna fuck some inspiration into the world's greatest poet

Crofts: the gods are all 'check it out' Crofts: 'you know Dante Alighieri? William Shakespeare? John Milton?' Crofts: 'morons!' Crofts: 'the guy you're gonna fuck is SO much better'

Angela Carter: a woman's just there to be a muse for a great man, huh? Carter: why can't a woman be a poet herself, I ask you? Crofts: no angela you don't understand Crofts: this chick is SO hot Carter: that doesn't figure into it Patricia Highsmith: naw i think it does

Crofts: me and howard wrote this story together Barker: oh did you now? Poe: clive Barker: i can tell, cuz it's definitely got all the usual hallmarks of a howard story Poe: clive Barker: i bet howard really contributed a lot Poe: clive

Crofts: wouldn't that be great to be a muse Crofts: a poet looks at you, he's all 'this chick is SO hot' Crofts: 'i can't NOT write the world's greatest poem' Crofts: if you think about it, howard Crofts: that's kinda like you and me, don't you think? Lovecraft: yeah i guess

Crofts: something wrong, howard? Lovecraft: no Lovecraft: no it's nothing Lovecraft: its just Lovecraft: that isn't really the direction i thought our collaboration would take Crofts: what's wrong with it? Lovecraft: it's just kinda mushy

Crofts: ok howard well next time we'll write what you want to write Crofts: in fact, here Crofts: why don't you use my beauty as inspiration Crofts: i'll be your muse Barker: ah ha ha Barker: oh honey Barker: oh sweetie Barker: have you read any of howard's stories?

Crofts: write me, howard, write me like one of your squid girls Lovecraft: [sweats] ok um so Lovecraft: [sweats] so in this story there's this girl, ok Crofts: what's she like Lovecraft: indescribable Crofts: Barker: ah aha ha Barker: nice save

#midnight pals #the midnight society #midnight society #clive barker #edgar allan poe #hp lovecraft #angela carter #patricia highsmith #edward lee #anna helen crofts

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spiderliliez · 5 months

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When it’s written all over your face! 😍 Darby Hart, starstruck, in love, whatever this is... YES PLEASE. A MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD (2023) [+] EMMA [GIF Collection] 🌻 [+] BRIT MARLING [GIF Collection] 🌷 [+] ..more on “A Murder at the End of the World” 🎬 [+] ..more like this content 🏳️‍🌈

#A Murder at the End of the World #Emma Corrin #Brit Marling #Clive Owen #Darby Hart #Lee Andersen #LGBTQ #AMATEOTW

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blackwomenrule · 1 year

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weirdlookindog · 9 months

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The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) & Son of Frankenstein (1939) - Realart 1948 Pressbook

#the bride of frankenstein #son of frankenstein #boris karloff #bela lugosi #elsa lanchester #basil rathbone #lionel atwill #dwight frye #colin clive #1935 #1939 #1930s movies #james whale #rowland v. lee #universal monsters #universal horror #classic horror #double feature #pressbook

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mistsofthefuture · 9 months

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Here's my Professor Layton OC! Future Arianna!

As one of my friend motivated me to create my own PL OC, I decided to go for lore heavy OC with a cute design.

More after the "read more" section as it includes a bit of spoilers of the Unwound Future!

Future Arianna, or Lizzie Lee is the daughter of an influent politician. She became a journalist, taking the last name of her mother to stay undercover during her work days and for her articles. She also tends to dress very masculine as she finds it easier for her to stay undercover as she investigates.

She worked with Clive since he started to work for the same newspaper as her. One day, as she was supposed to investigate the schemes and scandals of politicians, she overheard a discussion his father had with one of his guests. As this discussion was about unethical practices and would create such an uproar, she decided to take notes and talk about it with Clive.

As Clive decided to search through the archives of the newspapers to find the culprits of the death of his parents, Lizzie found the article that would tie everything together, as their plan would become reality a few years later.

To make sure their plan was on track, they investigated the past of every pawn in their play. They both decided to play as the future versions of people in the life of Hershel Layton; Clive as the future Luke Triton, and Lizzie, as the future Arianna Barde.

"We'll rewrite London, make those crooked politicians bow in front of our power"

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So yeah, they both have feelings for each other! ^^' I just didn't know how to bring that into the painting in the little summary I did a little before, so here it is: some useless facts

Lizzie has a tendency to jumpscare everyone

She likes fancy dresses, but doesn't really have the opportunity to wear much of these

She gives piggy rides back

#professor layton #professor layton oc #arianna barde #professor layton and the unwound future #pl oc #clive dove #luke triton #lizzie lee #future luke #future arianna

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tv-moments · 1 month

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A Murder at the End of the World

“Chapter 7: Retreat”

Director: Zal Batmanglij

DoP: Charlotte Bruus Christensen

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thishadoscarbuzz · 6 months

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262 - Inside Man

We return to the filmography of Spike Lee this week with his biggest box office success, 2006's Inside Man. With a star-packed cast led by Denzel Washington as a hostage negotiator, Clive Owen as the bank robber opposite him, and Jodie Foster as a nefarious fixer, Lee took a standard crime thriller and made it his own to instantly rewatchable results. While the film generated the kind of "you know what was a good movie? Inside Man!" year-end critical reassessment we often talk about, it wasn't enough to result in the snowball effect that leads to Oscar nominations.

This episode, we talk about how Lee elevates the film with his stylistic trademarks and the film's twinship with 2006's Best Picture winner The Departed. Topics also include Foster's return this season with Nyad, Owen's post-Oscar nomination slump, and Universal's 2006 Oscar slate of The Good Shepherd and Children of Men.

Topics also include Washington's aughts Tony Scott collaborations, whatever the hell is going on over at Gladiator 2, and the Streep/Gummer split.

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#Spike Lee #Denzel Washington #Clive Owen #Jodie Foster #Christopher Plummer #Chiwetel Ejiofor #Willem Dafoe #Inside Man #Academy Awards #Oscars #movies

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reppyy · 5 months

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oakthcrn · 5 months

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friendship / ships tags. Will be updating as Lark makes more friends <;3 If interested in a platonic / romantic ship with Lark give this post a like and I will make up a tag.

X means romantic ship And means friendship

this is what i got so far:

@selunyte @nightmdic @aercnaut @inabsentiia @dalishflame @forgedinfernal @proofwhisky @shiilelagh @bhaalswn @korzion @valistheanshield @luposcainus

#. king worth fighting for ( nikolai lantsov )#. bonds of friendship between the fire witch and the night medic ( nightmdic )#. where fealty and love blur the lines ( lark x clive - valistheanshield )#. the twin flames ( lucan - inabsentiia )#. honey and cinnamon ( atreion - dalishflame )#. my heart calls your name ( lark x lee - aercnaut )#. you are my home ( lark x dammon - forgedinfernal )#. i just want you to know who i am ( lark x tommy - proofwhisky )#. queen of flames and her forsaken king ( lark x orias )#. the first love ( lark x caelum )#. moon princess and the fire arrow ( eira - selunyte )#. together they do the mushroom dance ( eleva - shiilelagh )#. we may not agree but I will still protect you ( alkas - bhaalswn )#. mother of flames and larkspurs ( rhaenys - kozion )#. lioness and wolf ( caspian - luopscainus )

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itsmyfriendisaac · 2 months

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Inside Man: on an average day in the heart of New York City, a masked gunman & his accomplices pull off the perfect heist. Detective Keith Frazier is tasked to negotiate with the robbers & get the hostages out safely in this thrilling Spike Lee joint!

#scenes #black cinema #inside man #spike lee #denzel washington #chiwetel ejiofor #versus #clive owen #villains #jodie foster #william dafoe #nyc

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bitterkarella · 4 months

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Midnight Pals: 2 Fisted Tales

Stephen King: hey patricia is it true you used to write comics? Patricia Highsmith: [long cigarette drag] Highsmith: who told you that

King: well, i just heard- Highsmith: was it stan lee? Highsmith: musta been stan lee Highsmith: never met a cat who talked so much Highsmith: might as well be a dame with all the yap yap yappin

Dean Koontz: wowwwww did you really meet stan lee, patricia? Highsmith: yeah Koontz: wowwww! what was that like? [flashback] Stan Lee: hey there comics fans its me, stan lee Lee: how bout a date? Highsmith: no dice

Poe: steve King: i just thought she'd like to tell us about her Poe: steve Poe: just no Poe: no King: ok fine Barker: i'm gonna hear the comic story Poe: CLIVE NO

King: ah but patricia i think we'd all like to hear a comics story Patricia Highsmith: i ain't gonna tell no comic story King: well maybe I can't convince you King: but I bet I know someone who can! Alan Moore: [appearing in a flash] who dares summon the arch magus? King: the arch magus! Poe: the arch magus! Koontz: the arch magus!

Moore: speak! what boon ask ye of the arch magus? King: hey alan you've worked in comics King: how about you tell patricia that comics aren't stupid Moore: Moore: i cannot tell her that

Moore: comics are the bane of my existence! a curse upon them! Highsmith: now this guy, this guy i like Highsmith: he's got a real noodle in his noggin Moore: the arch magus would do well to hear your counsel, mortal Highsmith: sure, we could jaw a bit

Highsmith: how you feel about snails, archmagus? Moore: be these your familiars? Highsmith: "familiars" Highsmith: listen to this cat

Highsmith: ok fine you mooks wanna hear about my comics Highsmith: i'll tell ya Highsmith: but only cuz i'm here among bros Highsmith: long as its just dudes Highsmith: cuz these stories Highsmith: they get a little rough Highsmith: and you know how dames are

Highsmith: so this story's just for us dudes Highsmith: so franz Franz Kafka: what? Highsmith: you gotta go Kafka: huh? what? Kafka: why? Highsmith: you just gotta go Kafka: i don't understand Barker: oh my god franz get a clue Poe: clive

Highsmith: submitted for the approval of the midnight pals Highsmith: i call this the tale of the crime puncher Highsmith: it's about this real swole square headed guy who punches criminals Highsmith: pow! punch! bam! Highsmith: that's what comics are all about

Highsmith: so there're these 2 palookas who fight crime Highsmith: named steve and ploopie Barker: i'm sorry what Highsmith: steve and ploopie Barker: steve and WHAT Highsmith: what, you got cabbage in your ears? ploopie Barker: Barker: i'm sorry WHAT

Highsmith: anyway steve and ploopie gotta do some punching Barker: there's a lot of punching in these stories Highsmith: that's what kids want in comics Barker: huh sure yeah Barker: Barker: i'm sorry steve and WHAT Poe: let it go, clive

Highsmith: so this world war i playing ace crashes into a polish swamp Highsmith: when he dies, it creates a big mud monster Highsmith: who goes to america to harass some kid for his model air plane Barker: i'm starting to see why you didn't want to tell these stories Poe: CLIVE

Highsmith: i didn't just do action comics tho Highsmith: i wrote educational ones too Highsmith: like the two-fisted tales of oliver cromwell Highsmith: or don't mess with galileo Highsmith: or catherine the great takes out the trash

King: why didn't you stick with comics, patricia? Patricia Highsmith: eh you know how the comics biz is King: but I've heard its actually a growth industry Highsmith: is that so King: yeah they tell me that there's lots of opportunities in comics for girls Highsmith: ugh pass

#midnight pals #the midnight society #midnight society #stephen king #clive barker #edgar allan poe #dean koontz #patricia highsmith #alan moore #franz kafka #stan lee

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vive-la-revolution · 9 months

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and for once, just once, there is a hint of what could have been. what might have been theirs if God allowed.

to a happier year.

Clive shut the door and let himself fully into the room, and Maurice’s heart leapt a few traitorous beats. Clive strode across the room and stared out the window, the same way he had been when Maurice had met him in the Blue Room. “Why have you been gone so long, Maurice? It’s been nearly a year since I saw you last.”

“Oh. Work, you know. It’s been… well, you know. Keeps me occupied,” Maurice said, picking up his scattered suit and tossing it in a bin.

“You never called.”

“Simply didn’t have time to, I’m afraid.”

“No time in months? Maurice, you never even wrote.”

Maurice involuntarily let out a bitter laugh. “Well, we know how that went last time I did that.”

“Maurice—”

“Clive, I think it’s best if I turn in for the night. I am quite exhausted and I need to have enough energy to travel back home and be with my family.”

Maurice visits Penge for the first time in months. An unfortunate storm isolates him with Clive, but for better or for worse?

#guys don’t be fooled. it is not a shipfic #or is it #lee.txt #lee writes #maurice #maurice 1987 #maurice hall #clive durham #alec scudder #maurice 1987 fic #maurice fic

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adamwatchesmovies · 24 days

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Inside Man (2006)

Inside Man does something new with the heist genre. It’s stylish, exciting, filled with intrigue and packed with great actors around every corner. Thanks to its ending, this is a film you won’t soon forget.

In New York, masked robbers take control of a Manhattan bank by holding the people inside hostage. Their leader (Clive Owen) confiscates everyone's phones, divides them into separate rooms and forces them to wear outfits identical to their captors'. As the criminals turn their attention towards the bank’s contents, Detectives Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) and Bill Mitchell (Chiwetel Ejiofor) take charge of the negotiations. Meanwhile, the bank's founder, Arthur Case (Christopher Plummer), hires professional “fixer” Madeleine White (Jodie Foster) to protect the contents of his safe deposit box.

The ingenious thing about Inside Man is that it follows the hostage negotiators rather than the thieves. This allows us to be fooled by their operation without the film having to cheat or go by the old rule that “if the plan is laid out, it isn’t going to work and if it isn’t, everything is going according to plan”. You’re as puzzled as the hostages and the detectives by what the “Steves” are up to. The way they take control of the bank and handle the hostages proves these are no ordinary criminals. The question is what are they after, exactly? If it were simply money, that would be exciting but obvious and frankly, you’d doubt the thieves’ ability to get away with it. No. Whatever they want, it’s in that safety deposit box. The detectives don’t know that. You’re not even sure if the thieves know what’s inside but whatever it is, it's valuable and it's got to be dirty. No one with clean hands needs to call someone like Madeleine White.

This mystery of the safe deposit box solves one of the inherent problems of heist films, which is the likability of the protagonists. Even when you have the likes of Danny Ocean breaking into a vault, innocent people - security guards who are simply doing their jobs, for example - are going to get hurt or at the very least traumatized by the experience. Dalton Russel (Owen) may be dirty but he’s certainly not as dirty as Arthur Case. At least, you don’t think so. Who knows? Maybe the mystery will be worth all the inconvenience these people are going through. Either way, Frazier and Mitchell are clean for sure so you always have someone you can feel comfortable cheering for.

Aside from one scene that talks about violent video games and gangsta culture (it's a bit on the nose, even if it is largely accurate), this is a superbly directed film. There’s one particular scene where Frazier’s whole world comes to the brink of collapse. In any other movie, the director would’ve had him dramatically leave his trailer but Spike Lee instead chooses to put Denzel on a track and move him towards the camera in a continuous motion. It’s jarring and unusual but it drives the point home like nothing else could’ve. It helps that Lee is working with a wonderfully inventive story by Russel Gewirtz. Inside Man is filled with superb dialogue and makes great use of the city it’s set in. This is the kind of movie that always keeps you guessing because the different characters are always sizing each other up and snatching little advantages from the most unexpected situations. The thieves may be in control of the bank but you know that’s going to change eventually. The detectives in charge are just too smart. Unfortunately, Dalton Russell knows this, which means everything must be part of the plan…

There are a lot of complicated and dubious moral choices in Inside Man. The police make some serious mistakes. The errors they make feel like they were anticipated by the thieves. The violence and stress Russell and his crew unleash upon their hostages is nerve-wracking but it’s hard not to admire them a little bit - they’re just so good at what they’re doing. This and the mystery of that box compel you to keep watching, always keeping note of who’s doing what because this film is told in flashbacks. You sort of know what’s going to happen at the end but you have no idea how. You don’t know what the title refers to, but it’s got to be a hint and you’re determined to figure it out before time runs out and the movie tells you. This is the kind of movie you want to watch again once it’s done so you can tally all the breadcrumbs before they pay off.

Inside Man is a memorable thriller filled with great stuff. There are twists, satisfying red herrings, memorable characters, ambiguous morals to keep you guessing, an intelligence that acknowledges the pitfalls of the genre and the choices made by Spike Lee make it interesting on a technical level as well. Sometimes it’s so intense I don’t know if you could call it “fun” but there’s no way you can keep your eyes off of Inside Man. (March 19, 2022)

#Inside Man #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #Spike lee #Russell Gewirtz #Denzel Washington #Clive Owen #Jodie Foster #Christopher Plummer #Willem Dafoe #Chiwetel Ejiofor #2006 movies #2006 films

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weirdlookindog · 11 months

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DOUBLE HORROR SHOW! THE MONSTER RETURNS!

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Son of Frankenstein (1939)

#the bride of frankenstein #son of frankenstein #universal monsters #boris karloff #elsa lanchester #bela lugosi #basil rathbone #colin clive #1930s movies #james whale #rowland v. lee #universal horror #double feature #horror movie poster

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mistsofthefuture · 9 months

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Future Arianna solving a puzzle!

With @kawotari's lovely voice!

As I created my OC, I thought about how she would look like when solving a puzzle! So here it is! I'm probably gonna breakdown how I did it in a future post.

Here are the frames of the animation!

"I could see through the mist of this puzzle…"

"Yay! I did it!"

Maybe, maybe one day I'll make a incorrect version!

#arianna barde #clive dove #future arianna #future luke #lizzie lee #pl oc #professor layton #professor layton and the unwound future #professor layton oc #animation

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