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After watching Lockwood & Co on Netflix I read all five books by Jonathan Stroud. And they were easily one of the best reads I had for ages. 🤩
Thank you Mr. Stroud for these five masterpieces. I’m equally heartbroken that there aren’t any more books in the series and that Netflix doesn’t want to produce a second series. There would have been so much more brilliant stuff to come. 😢
#jonathan stroud#lockwood & co#anthony lockwood#lucy carlyle#george cubbins#netflix lockwood and co#boooo for netflix#netflix sucks#thank you mr stroud#lockwood and co are brilliant
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Where are we? Hobbiton?
#lockwood & co#l&co#idk if i should tag lotr or not lol#second breakfast#lotr#the empty grave#thank you for that mr stroud sir
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#K5NewsFMExclusive: A Dark and Dramatic Conclusion as the 4th Season of Wakfu will be the Last Season of its historic French cartoon series (updated as FINAL!!!)
(Written by Rhayniel Saldasal Calimpong / Freelanced News Reporter and Presenter of OneNETnews)
ROUBAIX, FRANCE -- The upcoming Season Premiere of Wakfu, which will air on the 'Okoo' kids and teens programming block through French public broadcaster 'France Televisions' is set to be a dramatic heartstopping conclusion. This will mark the beginning of the show's 4th and Final Season, scheduled to debut in early mid-February 2024. It is worth mentioning to recall that the entire production at Ankama Studios in France has been successfully concluded, thanks to the global campaign fund of Kickstarter that took place in late-June 2020.
(PRESS RELEASE OBTAINED by K5 News FM Dumaguete)
Per the press release exclusively obtained through DWFH-FM 97.7mhz's K5 News FM, the latest synopsis for the final season of a French cartoon show portrays intense and potentially darker scenes that comes up a bit close to happen: "After their destructive battle with Oropo, but also with their own demons, Yugo the Eliatrope and his friends find themselves at the gates of Ingloriom, the realm of the Gods. The Tofu Brotherhood (TFB) has no time to wonder what fate the 12 Divinities have in store for them for this sacrilege: the floating territory is devastated!".
(SCREENGRAB COURTESY: FranceTVPro website)
(PHOTO COURTESY: Google Images)
Before an actual final season premiere on a national French television, a sneak preview in the panel is yet to be shown in-person at the Angoulême International Comics Festival (AICF) on Thursday late-afternoon (January 25th, 2024 at 5:30pm -- France local time).
(PHOTO COURTESY: AICF via X Network's FranceTVPro)
Inside a panel in Angoulême City, the said country, will discuss about the upcoming 4th and Final Season of the show, in the presence of Wakfu show creator named Anthony "Tot" Roux, one of the authors with French YouTuber personality (Malec) and Wakfu's historical Character Designer (Sonia Demechlis).
(SCREENGRAB COURTESY: Okoo / France Televisions / Ankama Animation via The X Network)
In a televised trailer 'X Network' (formerly Twitter) released Tuesday afternoon (January 16th, 2024), the heroes of the Brotherhood of the Tofu, Yugo the Eliatrope, Prncs. Amalia Sheran Sharm, Ms. Evangelyne the Cra, Mr. Ruel Stroud and among others have fought against formidable enemies and ancient evils. But sadly, things are gone crazier and darker situations as the fate of 'The World of 12' rests on their shoulders.
K5 News FM learns exclusively that the runtime for this 4th Season of Wakfu is 22 minutes long, with a final 13 new episodes.
(FILE SCREENGRAB COURTESY: Generation TV_FR via YT VIDEO)
French cartoon show of Wakfu was started in the late-October 2008 during France 3's kids programming block "Toowam", before transitioning to Ludo (home of between Wakfu on the said date of 2008 and LoliRock in the late mid-October 2014).
(FILE PHOTO COURTESY for REPRESENTATION: Zodiak Kids and Family for Banijay & Ankama Studios / Editing Provided by the Anonymous Artists, and from the top left to the bottom right: Lyna, Carrisa, Talia, Iris, Aurianna, Evangelyne, Yugo the Eliatrope, Prncs. Amalia Sheran Sharm)
At the time of the writing with a confirmation from Ankama Studios and Zodiak Kids & Family (part of Banijay Group), theories in French kids cartoon suggest between LoliRock and Wakfu will not be planning to do a crossover episode for now, in and outside of this same public broadcasting network on Wakfu's final season for France Televisions.
As reported exclusively between AnimeTVFrance news bureau (via The X Network) and Ankama News (also via the press release division of Wakfu), we do know that the new episodes to be aired back-2-back on primetime until early mid-March 2024.
With this, you can catch LIVE new episodes of the final 4th Season of Wakfu, premieres February 9th, 2024 at 1:30pm Eastern / 12:30pm Central (in the United States) / 7:30pm in France -- only on France 4's Okoo programming block and streaming LIVE via the France TV website, Animation Digital Network (ADN) and on the Okoo app for Google Play and Apple App Stores in France.
PHOTO COURTESY: Ankama Animations
SOURCE:
*https://www.francetvpro.fr/contenu-de-presse/64569626 [Referenced Event Listings via FranceTVPro]
*https://www.youtube.com/@malec3821 [Referenced YT Home Page via Malec]
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angoul%C3%AAme_International_Comics_Festival
*https://www.francetvpro.fr/contenu-de-presse/64684101 [Referenced PR News Article via FranceTVPro]
*https://twitter.com/Totankama/status/1736789152455131477 [Referenced X Network Captioned VIDEO via Totankama]
*https://twitter.com/francetvslash/status/1744403591736050165 [Referenced X Network Captioned VIDEO #1 via FranceTVSlash]
*https://twitter.com/francetvslash/status/1747280767598641312 [Referenced X Network Captioned VIDEO #2f via FranceTVSlash]
*https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toowam
*https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoliRock
*https://www.banijaykidsandfamily.com/shows/lolirock/ [Referenced Show Biography via Banijay Kids and Family website]
*https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saison_4_de_Wakfu
*https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakfu_(s%C3%A9rie_t%C3%A9l%C3%A9vis%C3%A9e_d%27animation)
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjWsaz7gxI4 [Referenced YT VIDEO via Kass Koui]
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_7yLJQZ6JA [Referenced Classic YT Video via Generation TV_FR]
*https://twitter.com/francetvpro/status/1750584660021666155 [Referenced X Network Captioned PHOTO via FranceTVPro]
*https://www.wakfu.com/en/mmorpg/news/announcements/1680321-wakfu-s4-soon-available-viewing [Referenced News Article via Ankama News for Wakfu PR Division]
*https://www.france.tv/france-3/wakfu/saison-4/5698308-wakfu-saison-4-des-le-9-fevrier-sur-okoo-et-france-tv.html [Reference News Article via France 3 Info]
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*https://twitter.com/animetv_fr/status/1754591809651507421 [Referenced X Network Post via AnimeTVFrance News Bureau]
-- OneNETnews Team
#k5 news fm#entertainment news#roubaix#france#wakfu#season 4#saison 4#the final season#cartoon#french#fyp#ankama#awareness#exclusive#first and exclusive#OneNETnews
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Oh my gosh, I can't believe I missed it!! (Real life got a bit crazy for a second there.) Better late than never though so
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONATHAN STROUD!!!
And thank you thank you thank you for creating this world we have all found a home in. You've given us more than your words and these characters, you've given each of us families through Lockwood and Co.
I've never met you, but you have taught me what it is to be brave. You have shown me what a joy it is to live, to truly live.
You have taught me through Holly that first impressions are rarely true. You've shown me through Quill that even our oldest rivals can become our greatest allies. You've shown me through George the rewards that come from looking deeper and learning more. You taught me through Lockwood what a true leader looks like. You've shown me through Lucy what feels like to come home. And you've taught me through them all that home is not always a place. Sometimes home is the people who make you feel loved and are always there with you, being just reckless enough.
So happy birthday Mr. Stroud. This world is so much brighter because you are in it.
#HBDJonathanStroud#save lockwood and co#bring back lockwood and co#lockwood and co#lockwood and co show#lockwood and co books#anthony lockwood#lucy carlyle#george karim#george cubbins#quill kipps#holly munro
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oh i forgot! i finished the screaming staircase and i am SO intrigued.... like first of all good job lucy for murdering a billionaire!! congrats and so on; i hope it doesnt net you some free trauma, but it was cool as hell. imo she deserves a raise. more to the point actually, i really appreciate her being so attuned to getting justice for annie, despite repeatedly insisting that she was exactly the sort of girl lucy would dislike, and the uh. whole being a ghost that tried to kill her twice thing
but the skull!! afaict its behaviour means its markedly different from any of the other ghosts described thus far in the first book. i was definitely under the impression that they were all rather singleminded and that their intellect was severely diminished compared to how they were in life, resulting in either Just Sort Of Hanging Around (type ones) or just, you know, lashing out and murdering people (type twos). are there more type threes? did george spending weeks/months visiting cruel and inhumane punishments (such as bathing together) upon the captive ghost turn it into a type three? very eagerly going into book two now, thank you mr stroud
#fungus ramblings#complete aside it was sweet the way lucy was carrying around annie like she was#like sure a little morbid but she literally hunts ghosts for a living what isnt morbid in her life#idk i liked it. and also she mentioned how pretty annie's dress was every time
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Re: your tags I was already planning to illustrate these two hanging out, but the idea of upping the contrast between them like Sol is some kind of Disney princess is so funny - I need to incorporate that somehow.
Mr Stroud sir why are the characters in this book like this I am LOSING my fucking marbles over here.
Go ahead, I don't think I have the time right now. If you really get around to it, please tag me or something so I see it for sure!!!! Stroud really popped off with his characters, I agree. It's rare that I go insane about characters in works of fiction, especially over such a large stretch of time. Usually what draws me into a story are things like themes, worldbuilding, writing style etc.
Thank you btw for making me fall in love with RoS a little more everytime you scream about it. I always loved that book and it's the one I reread the most along with AoS bc it doesn't drag me down like PG and doesn't remind me where we're headed like GE. But you really make me appreciate things about RoS that I hadn't thought about that mich before (my aro/ace ass did /not/ pick up on the Khaba/Ammet /at all/ for some reason when I first read it and then just didn't the times after either haha)
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🥳HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE SCREAMING STAIRCASE BOOK #1 OF LOCKWOOD & CO SERIES.🥳
I'm forever thankful for my time as a volunteer in my library so my fellow librarians pushed the Slovak translation of TSS three years ago during some lockdown. And it's been a love from the first page.
Mr Stroud, thank you for creating such lovable found family along with two idiots in love living in the cozy atmosphere of 35 Portland Row. It really feels like home.
I hope we will get some good news of the show's renewal someday soon. It would be a great surprise, don't you think?
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eeeep im sorry for getting back to you late but i GOTTA ask about The Over The Garden Wall meets The Snow Queen!
ahhh thank you so much for asking Tameila! I am SO sorry for getting back to you so late on this!
This is an idea I've had for a while now, partially inspired by my absolute love of "portal fantasy: The Wizard of Oz, Spirited Away, Labyrinth, Alice In Wonderland, The Boy and The Heron, Return to Oz, etc. I've always been fascinated with the concept of change within Portal fantasy, of walking into one world and coming out of it an entirely new person.
The Story mainly takes place in a forest-valley called The Northwood. The Northwood is perpetually in winter, having never rolled over into spring for the last 500 years or so. The land is ruled by an entity known as The Frost Prince, a cruel and mischievous boy (Think Peter Pan but somehow worse) who can wander between The Northwood and the Mortal World on new moons.
Our protagonists are Piper Bishop and August Stroud, a pair of middle schoolers who are celebrating New Years together with their families. However, it's a very tense New Years as Piper and August are in the midst of a friendship break-up. It's a break up that's been a long time coming, fueled by both inner and outside influences. Piper deeply loves August and wants to stay the tight duo that they were, but August is growing up and experimenting with new people and new hobbies and Piper feels left behind by it all.
During the party, the break up finally happens. Piper, in her anger, quickly rushes away to be by herself.
When Pipers sulks on a frosted swing-set watching the firework, she is greeted by the Frost Prince, whom Piper does not recognize, who begins talking with her, worming his way into her mind and costing her to make a terrible wish. Lured by the prince's magic (very fey like), she wishes August out of her life for good. When Piper finally snaps out of it, she sees that the Frost Prince is gone. And when she returns inside, she finds that August is gone as well. Seeing a pair of footprints in the snow, she heads to an old well far off on the property and deduces that the strange kid she had been talking too on the swings took August, fulfilling her wish.
Determined to get him back, Piper gears up and heads down into the well, finding it dry and hollow. She follows a strange passageway of ice and emerges into the Northwood on the other side, having crossed into another world.
From there, Piper treks through the Northwood, coming across several inhabitants, such as a quick witted and silver tongued bard named (who's about the same age as her). He tags along, at first being more of a hindrance but slowly but surly becoming an ally.
We also meet Grimm a talking bear. Madame Fable, a Sorceress who turns people into flowers to put into her garden that's perpetually in summer to combat the winter. The Frost Prince's henchman, an old's woodsman named Klaus. We also get to know several talking anthropomorphic animals (Think Mr. and Mrs. Beaver from Narnia)
Along the way, Piper gets into a trail of sorts with the Frost Prince, and She and her newly acquired friends travers the woodlands, all before a set deadline. If Piper cannot complete the trials, then she and August are forever trapped in the Northwood.
I have several scenes in which I am itching to write/outline but the biggest one being a secondary plot in which Kingsley, who's become good friends with Piper, gets manipulated by the Frost Prince, who tells him that once Piper rescues August, she will leave him forever, which leads Kingsley to manipulate the trail, shattering Piper's trust in him (he gets redeemed though)
as well as a scene in which Piper, after finding August in a frozen glass coffin, breaks the sleeping spell on him by saying that she cherishes the role he's hand in her life and will be fine no matter where he goes because in the end, their still friends.
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But In Our Selves, Beginnings, Part 2
Grim and Torna and Torna’s falcon Duck were camped on the banks of the Whiterath River, ruins old enough that even Torna didn’t know their origins visible on the ridge and a small human village just across the water. Torna had been fishing for days, Duck had caught three rabbits, and Grim had a deer slung over his shoulder as they waited for the ferry in the bright noon light.
“Hail, Rangers,” the ferryman said cheerfully. “Welcome to Doveport.”
“Thanks,” Grim said gladly. “Much obliged,” he added, when the ferryman waved away Grim’s proffered coin.
“Mayor will be glad to see you,” the ferryman said. “Been rumors of trouble out in the hills.”
Grim and Torna exchanged a glance. “We’ll be glad to check it out,” Grim said. “And leave the meat with the butcher, if you have one.”
“We do, and he’ll be glad of the work,” the ferryman said. “Butcher’s down that way,” he added, pointing, as they put ashore. “And the mayor’s in the town center, over the inn.”
“Cheers,” Grim said, and they disembarked.
“Give me the deer,” Torna said. “And go talk to the mayor now, while I deal with the butcher.”
Grim nodded and let her sling the deer over her own shoulder. They parted ways and Grim strode on towards the town center.
“Ranger!” the innkeeper said gladly when Grim entered, his talisman visible on his chest.
Grim nodded. “Take it, you might be the mayor?” he inquired.
The man nodded. “Guesthouse and town hall all at once,” he said brightly. “We’re a small town.”
Grim nodded. “So I see. Ferryman said there’s trouble about?”
The man sawed a hand. “Strange shrieks in the night, according to some of the outlying farmers off to the west, and a few sheep missing.”
Grim nodded. They were far from Gadith Var, to be getting monsters out of the swamps, but it wasn’t entirely unheard of for them to venture out this far, especially since the spread of the swamp past the northern branch of the river. “My partner is trading with your butcher about some game we brought in, but as soon as she’s done we’ll head out there.”
“You’re looking for the Aylmere farm or the Strouds,” the innkeeper offered. “They’ll point you in the right direction.”
“Excellent, thanks,” Grim said, and settled in at the bar to wait for Torna.
She appeared some five minutes later, Duck on her shoulder, while he was chatting with the mayor about the intricacies of dying wool, and raised an eyebrow at him.
Grim beamed at her. “Torna, this is Mayor Haywarde; he’s head of this village.”
“Well met, Ranger,” Haywarde said, smiling genially at her. “We’re glad you’re here, right enough.”
Torna dipped her head politely. “What’s the story?” she asked.
“Night shrieks, missing sheep,” Grim reported. “We’re looking for the Aylmere or Stroud land.”
Torna nodded.
Haywarde nodded as well, and gestured. “I’ll have dinner kept warm for you.”
“We’re much obliged,” Grim replied. “We’ll be back by nightfall,” he added. “No good facing monsters in the dark.” The Varite monsters were most powerful in the dark, and even a prepared, armed Ranger pair might find the creature hard to dispatch, whereas in direct sunlight, they disintegrated almost easily.
Haywarde waved them off cheerfully enough, and Grim and Torna turned west. Duck lifted easily from Torna’s shoulder and caught a current, arcing higher and higher in lazy spirals.
Workers in the fields were happy enough to shout directions when they felt turned around, and it didn’t take much more than an hour to find themselves on the Stroud land, face to face with Mrs. Stroud, who worked the sheep with her daughter and the daughter’s husband–who’d taken the Stroud name, which tickled Torna’s fancy, judging by her grin.
“Three sheep missing over the last two weeks,” Mrs. Stroud the Elder told them. “Not regular, two nights in a row and then nearly two weeks between.”
“Hmm,” Torna murmured.
“But other families?” Grim asked.
Mrs. Stroud nodded. “The Aylmeres lost four in the same time, and I think the Haileyes lost two, haven’t asked out further.”
Grim nodded. “Where are those lands?” he asked.
“Haileyes are between us and the river,” Mrs. Stroud the Younger said. “And the Aylmeres are north and west of us a bit.”
Grim nodded. “Thank you. We’re going to be tromping around on your grounds a bit,” he said. “But we’ll try to keep from bothering the sheep.”
“Appreciate it, Rangers,” Mrs. Stroud the Elder said placidly. “But if it’s bothered sheep and a dead monster, I’ll take that more than more screams in the night and dead sheep any day.”
“Noted,” Torna said, flashing her teeth companionably.
Grim saluted, and he and Torna turned off the road and into the fields, heading north and west, always.
As they drew away from the road, the terrain turned hillier, and the vegetation grew more and more brushy. “How’s your leg?” Torna asked.
Grim’s bad leg was well braced and felt fine today, though that often changed without warning. “So far so good,” he replied
Torna nodded. They set themselves about ten yards apart, dodged pockets of sheep, and when they came upon a fenceline, they hopped it easily, still heading more west than north.
Eventually, Torna found sign of the creature. She whistled sharply, and Grim tilted towards her. Print-drag-three-day, she signed rapidly.
Human-question, he signed back, striding towards her.
Negative, she signed back. “Looks like human, but sideways feet,” she said when he was in earshot without shouting.
Grim stood beside her and stared down at the prints. They did, indeed, look like something was walking with boots on sideways. “Found our monster,” he said wryly.
Torna nodded. They set to following the trail, which wound through a couple of low spots, up one hill, and tumbled neatly down the back of the hill into a dark copse of low, scrubby trees. There was roughly one third of a sheep carcass visible beneath one of the larger trees.
“Good day-den for a Varite,” Torna observed.
Grim nodded. “Sure is,” he agreed. Split-circle-ambush-question, he signed. The Varite monsters didn’t have human-intelligence, but they had been known to overhear and throw wrenches in spoken plans nonetheless.
Dangerous-negative-together-outnumber, Torna signed back.
Grim nodded. The sun was high, and a single Varite–which was all that was likely to be here–wasn’t particularly dangerous to a well-prepared pair of Rangers, and the likelihood of it trying to escape was even smaller. Grim had never seen a Varite flee once it had spotted something it considered prey, even if said prey was killing it.
Grim loosened his short-sword in its sheath beside his quiver and then strung his bow with practiced hands. Torna did the same beside him, and they both drew and knocked arrows before venturing any closer to the copse.
Grim took point, because Torna was a better bow-shot and he was faster with his sword, and Torna flanked him, just distant enough that she couldn’t possibly hit him by accident. He approached the tree copse carefully, more worried about his footing in the deep grass than he was about assault from the creature.
It was probably resting or hibernating or whatever Varites did by daylight, and they were likely going to have to roust it unpleasantly from its roost in the trees.
Varites were simply shadow-creatures, vaguely human-shaped, with voids for eyes and mouths, but whatever they were, they did plenty of physical damage. Grim moved slowly, looking for areas of unusual darkness.
There was a shriek, and a shadow-creature, clawed hands extended and lightless void-mouth wide open, flung itself towards Grim.
Torna’s arrow sheared through its head, and Grim released his own shaft, striking where the heart would be on a human.
The shadow dissipated like smoke.
Good-question, Grim signed.
Uncertain-clear-trees-shadow, Torna signed back.
Grim nodded and knocked another arrow and continued his slow perusal of the copse of trees.
Within an hour, it was clear that there were no more Varites in this particular stand of woods, but as the afternoon wore on they did a quick sweep of the lands around, looking for more signs or sheep corpses.
All signs pointed to the one creature being the single problem.
“Lovely,” Grim said. “I love an easy one.”
Torna shook her head at him. “You’re easy to please.”
This was true enough, so Grim didn’t answer. He simply steered them back towards the village to report to the mayor so they could get back to their camp by nightfall, not needing the room after all.
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Please please please give me more Richey book recs! Especially with suicide as a theme, but if you know of any others, I would love to hear about them too! Thank you for being a fountain of a Manic knowledge and sharing it with us <3
Here's two lists! List one is stuff Richey definitely read, as in it's something he mentioned or referenced in lyrics/interviews/album booklet or setlist quotes/etc. List two is stuff that I can extrapolate he likely read, due to the things I know he did read. Note that a fair amount of these come with various trigger warnings. Again, I've read most but not all of these, so I can answer questions about a good number of them.
Oh, also, this totally slipped my mind from the last list somehow. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides was definitely a book Richey read; the Manics use a quote from the film version (which came out after Richey's death but they said in an interview they thought he'd have liked it) at the end of Doors Closing Slowly.
Definitely read:
-Catcher In The Rye by JD Salinger
-American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
-The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
-The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart
-1984 by George Orwell
-Confessions Of A Mask by Yukio Mishima
-The Plague, The Stranger, and The Fall, all by Albert Camus
-A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
-Lipstick Traces by Greil Marcus
-The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche
-The Torture Garden by Octave Mirbeau
-Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan
-The Divided Self by RD Laing
-Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
-Novel With Cocaine by M Ageyev
-Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F. Scott Fitzgerald
-Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse
-Under The Volcano by Malcolm Lowry
-Frisk by Dennis Cooper
-Bartleby The Scrivener by Herman Melville
-Homage To Catalonia by George Orwell
-Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (which is what Apocalypse Now was based on, and the film was one of Richey’s major obsessions at the end of his life)
-Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
-Rumblefish by SE Hinton
-Being And Nothingness by Jean Paul Sartre
-Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite
-The Atrocity Exhibition by JG Ballard
-High Rise by JG Ballard
-Birdy by William Wharton
-The Trial by Franz Kafka
-Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams
-Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
-The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
-The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
-Lord of the Flies by William Golding
-Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
-One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
-Birdy by William Wharton
-Thirst For Love by Yukio Mishima
-Miracle Of The Rose by Jean Genet
-The Drowned And The Saved/So This Is A Man/Escape From Auschwitz, all by Primo Levi
-The Diary Of A Young Girl by Anne Frank
-Last Exit To Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr
-The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe
-Four Quartets by Hart Crane
-The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
-The Pursuit Of Loneliness by Philip Slater
-Society Of The Spectacle by Guy Debord
-The Naked And The Dead by Norman Mailer
-Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl
-Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud
-Dialectic Of Enlightenment and Minima Moralia by Theodore Adorno
-The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
-One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn
-The Hero With A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
-Naomi by Junchiro Tanizaki
-SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas
-The Lives Of Michel Foucault by David Macey
-Rethinking Camelot by Noam Chomsky
-The Anxiety Of Influence by Harold Bloom
-The Unrest Cure And Other Stories by Saki (HH Munro)
-King Lear by William Shakespeare
-Confessions by Saint Augustine
-The Day Of The Locust by Nathaniel West
-Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
-Bird Man: The Many Faces Of Robert Stroud by Jolene Babyak
-The Demon by Hubert Selby Jr
-The Waste Land by TS Eliot
-Songs Of Innocence And Experience by William Blake
Likely read:
-The Outsiders by SE Hinton
-Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
-Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (features a suicidal main-ish character)
-Post Office by Charles Bukowski
-The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
-Knots by RD Laing
-On The Road by Jack Keroauc
-No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre
-The Sickness Unto Death by Soren Kierkegaard
-Junky & Naked Lunch, both by William S Burroughs
-Valley Of The Dolls by Jacqueline Susanne
-The Runaway Soul by Harold Brodkey
-Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
-The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
-Austerlitz by WG Sebald
-Betrayal by Harold Pinter
-Invitation To A Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov
-The Story Of O by Anne Desclos
-Lucie’s Long Voyage by Alina Reyes
-120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade
-The Traitor by Andre Gorz
-The Man Of Feeling by Henry Mackenzie
-This Way To The Gas, Ladies And Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski
-The White Rose by Inge Scholl
-It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
-On Revolution by Hannah Arendt
-Being There by Jerzy Kozinski
-Heliogabalus: or, the Crowned Anarchist by Antonin Artaud
-Resuscitation of a Hanged Man by Denis Johnson
-Mysteries by Knut Hamsun
-We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
-Almost Transparent Blue by Ryu Murakami
-Venus In Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
-How I Became One Of The Invisible by David Rattray
-The Story Of The Eye by Georges Bataille
-The Blue Of Noon by Georges Bataille
Also, there's a lot more of my ramblings and writings about the Manics on my other blog @meta-squash under the "manic street preachers" tag, if you're interested. (And I do love talking about them, and Richey especially.)
ETA: I went through all the (text) interviews of the Manics and wrote down every book they mentioned in interviews or lyrics and posted it up here.
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zoe is playing a world state where loghain is the warden contact and. oh no. i think he might be the best possible warden for this quest. the other options are stroud, who is nobody and not particularly interesting, and alistair, who is, depending on your world state, either in a happy relationship with the inquisitor or deeply embittered with his lot in life, and has to fight his only family (the wardens) either way. stroud has no arc, alistiar has negative character development, especially if his arc ends with him dying a heroic but lonely death against the nightmare.
but loghain. mr. i-hate-the-french-SO-MUCH-i-almost-destroyed-ferelden-just-in-case-they-did-frenchly-things. the dude who almost singlehandedly allowed the wardens in ferelden to perish. forced to be a warden, he’s had to live with his mistakes for ten years now, fighting for an order he betrayed, and now that that same order is actually hurting itself & thedas, loghain breaks away from them to save them. it’s wild and hilarious and extremely fitting. not that loghain needs a “redemption” arc because he’s just kind of stupid, but it is way more narratively interesting to see this dude forced to protect the order he once tried to destroy (especially if you sacrifice hawke at the end, ‘cause he LEADS IT). also it’s a classic loghain move to go rogue and be unapologetic about it. he’s like... saving the warden in the most in character way: going against the grain as cantankerously as possible.
stroud gets no character development. alistair gets negative character development (which i still like because i like to sacrifice him lol). but loghain gets POSITIVE character development. and not fake positive character development like cullen, who gets a slap on the wrist at best for his actions against mages. loghain was forced to work with people hates for ten years with no end in sight, mistrusted by everyone, and followed his conscience anyway, because, as flawed and horrible as his judgment is, he’s always tried to do that. he doesn’t need thanks or forgiveness and he doesn’t want those things, he just wants to do what he thinks is the right thing. jesus christ loghain. i hate you but what the fuck.
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Do you play any instruments Mr. Stroud?
A: Musical instruments? Hmm.. Nowadays I didn’t play any, but I can say I had played recorder, piano, and guitar before. I learned recorder and piano from school, while guitar was when I was enlisted.
(( thank you for asking! c: ))
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+tagged by @henriettia, thank you!! 💝💞💖
five favorite books:
the iliad ; homer
a tale of two cities ; charles dickens
the bartimaeus seq ; jonathan stroud
aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe ; benjamin alire sáenz
the raven cycle ; maggie stiefvater
five favorite drinks:
tea
water
ribena
screwdrivers
lychee punch
five favorite songs (right now):
please don’t... ; k.will
tokyo love hotel ; rina sawayama
me and mrs. jones ; billy paul
it ain’t easy ; david bowie
pointless ; dune, crayon, ichon
five favorite quotes:
“a man takes his sadness to the river and throws it in the river but then he’s still left with the river. a man takes his sadness and throws it away but then he’s still left with his hands.” ; richard siken
“such wounds to the heart will probably never heal. but we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever.” ; haruki murakami
“let everything happen to you. beauty and terror. just keep going. no feeling is final.” ; rainer maria rilke
“we were lied to. the women of my generation were told that we could have it all, as long as ‘it all’ was marriage, babies and a career in finance, a cupboard full of beautiful shoes and terminal exhaustion—and even that is only an option if we’re rich, white, straight, and well-behaved.” ; laurie penny
"i have never been allowed to be holy. i have never been forgiven for wanting.” ; gwen benaway
five favorite fictional characters:
declan lynch ; trc
annabeth chase ; pjo
hermione granger ; hp
henry winter ; tsh
inej ghafa ; soc
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About Me
tagged by the lovely @they-called-me-the-hyacinth-girl Thanks! I enjoyed reading yours as well!
how tall are you?
5′8″
what color and style is your hair?
It’s brown (I like to think I have auburn tones in the light), long, and naturally wavy, but I usually straighten it. I cut it myself, so it’s sorta non-styled.
what colour are your eyes?
They’re hazelish?
do you wear glasses?
Nope. Sunglasses if I’m kayaking.
do you wear braces?
No, thank goodness. What an ordeal that seems.
whats your fashion sense?
Black jeans, ankle boots, simple sweater (or t-shirt with a cardigan), lots of rings, a necklace, and stuff on my wrists. In winter I like wearing a pea coat and scarf. In summer I like to stay in to avoid the stress of summer clothing.
full name?
Elizabeth Marie (the ubiquitous white girl middle name apparently - I once joked about that to my coworkers after someone told me that, only to discover that both their middle names were also Marie.)
where were you born?
Edmonton, AB
where are you from and where do you live now?
Edmonton - Edmonton. I moved to the West Coast once (Victoria), but I prefer it here. I don’t think I’ll always live here. I think I may live elsewhere for much of my life and then come back.
what school do you go to?
online - Simon Fraser University (Editing Certificate). I’m hoping to apply to Concordia University Edmonton for a History program (English minor). The plan is to get a Publishing Certificate from Ryerson after that unless I decide to do graduate studies. In that case, I’d want to relocate to the UK, gpa permitting.
what kind of student are you?
indignant, chronic procrastinator, majorly unfocused, snacky, but generally I do pretty well despite my best efforts at self-sabotage
do you like school?
No. I’m not good at it (see above).
favorite subject?
History, but I’m not sure which area of it as I’ve not yet studied it. I liked math a lot in high school.
favorite tv shows?
Buffy, Supernatural, Endeavour, Downton Abbey, Marianne, Outlander, Poldark, The Borgias, The Tudors, lots of BBC and Masterpiece Theatre miniseries type shows, Sherlock Holmes (granada), Orphan Black, Brooklyn 99
favorite movies?
Mad Mad: Fury Road, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Much Ado About Nothing, Pride and Prejudice, Titanic, The Batman Trilogy, Hellboy II, The Road to El Dorado, I dunno lots
favorite book?
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Til We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Bartimaeus series by Jonathan Stroud
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
favorite past time?
Listening to music by myself, working out in my home gym, watching movies with my siblings, getting coffee with my parents
do you have regrets?
mhmmm. Everything I do weighs on me. It’s very melodramatic.
whats your dream job?
Musician (violin), but that time has come and passed, outdoor brand ambassador, but I don’t have quite the right lifestyle. Right now I’m shooting for editor (I’m better a this whole writing thing than my tumblr posts may portray).
would you like to be married?
Yes, very much.
do you want kids?
I want to want kids, but I’m unsure.
how many?
3?
do you like shopping?
Not really. I’m always unhappy with my general style and have high hopes when I go shopping, and it never turns out how I hope it will.
what countries have you visited?
A bit of my own country (both coasts, and I live fairly near the Rockies, so that’s always been my favourite), UK - Scotland, Germany, France, Czechia, Italy, Spain, Netherlands. I’d still like to see England, New Zealand, New York, Budapest, and more of Canada. I don’t enjoy travelling, but I’m grateful that I’ve had those times. I always wanted to travel more than anything, and now I’m realizing I don’t like it.
scariest nightmare you ever had?
A few stand out. The similar theme is my being in the dark and some “creature” being present.
any enemies?
Nope. There have been a few people I don’t get along with, but it’s never escalated beyond mutual dislike, which is not really a big deal. Maybe a few customers I’d like to see outside of a work environment. I try to be careful because I have a *bad* temper, and I don’t want to hurt anyone else or cause trouble for myself.
self doubt?
only always. about everything.
any significant other?
Yep. We’ll see how that goes. It’s been a crazy time.
do you believe in miracles?
Yep
how are you?
More sad than I have any right to be. My life is pretty good. I’m ok.
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15 for sellia!
Thanks for the prompt!
15 - a letter to your OC from a companion they haven’t seen in a while
Pumpkin,
We haven’t seen each other for too long and it annoys me that I have so much to do in this city. On the other hand, it’s also a good feeling to actually change something here. Nevertheless, I could use a few days of vacation - didn't you write that you and Curly moved into a small house by the sea? Of course I would never invite myself, but if you ever miss me, I can drop everything and come by (I bet you'll laugh when you read this, I have to laugh too).
How’s Curly doing? I imagine he enjoyed seeing his sister and her family again. Even if they were probably more interested in his wife - a Dalish Elf even, how exciting! Anyways, I hope you all got along well and especially that you’re still happy as Mrs. Rutherford.
Have you heard from the others? I haven't had a lot of contact with anyone for some time, but what I heard from our charming Lady Nightingale - sorry, Divine Victoria - seemed quite positive to me. She's tackled a few good things. Sparkler and Tiny seem to be doing well too. Sparkler wrote me a letter a few weeks ago, said they'd taken some time off together. If you hear from the others, please let me know.
I still have a lot to do here in Kirkwall, but Marlow and Fenris are doing everything they can to help me. Still, I can see they're not really happy here, just doing an old friend a favour. Fenris in particular is quite restless. He doesn't talk much about his problems, but I can sense it. Marlow is a bit torn - she likes Kirkwall, but hasn't been here for a long time, and this freedom seems to have done her good. She's still looking for a way to get Stroud out of the fade. I really hope she succeeds, and I know you do too - Stroud was a good man is a good man, alright? I'm sure we'll find him sooner or later.I’ll stop with the gloomy thoughts now. I didn't mean to remind you of that very chapter, I know you wanted to get away from it all for a while.
I hope we can meet again soon. Don’t you feel like stopping by? Though come to think of it, Kirkwall’s probably not Curly's favourite town. Maybe you should just invite me to stay with you for a few days, what do you think? (Totally not inviting myself, though, you know me)
Let me know how you’re doing and take care,
Varric
P.S. For a writer this letter wasn’t very poetic. Forgive me, I put all my energy into my last book. Cassandra will be pleased.
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If you ran into Jonathan Stroud at the store, what would your reaction be to the meeting?
もしストラウド先生に偶然会ったら？であってる？たぶん色々考えてしまって、何も話せないと思います😅一番の問題は、英会話ができないところなんですけどね・・・
Thank you for asking! If I happen to meet Mr. Stroud, I'm nervous and I can't speak anything. But I want to give him many words of thanks and impressions of the work.
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