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July 15, 2021
Got a tiny slice of writing done tonight! The new fic’s at 3,400 words. :)
Got a tiny slice of writing done tonight! The new fic’s at 3,400 words. :)
just-shower-thoughts:
Since evolution occurs so slowly, we basically have the same brains as people...
Since evolution occurs so slowly, we basically have the same brains as people from thousands of years ago who thought human sacrifices would bring a good harvest
The popularity of the herd immunity theory in this pandemic is incontestable proof of that
July 14, 2021
tzikeh:
punsbulletsandpointythings:
lynati:
displacerghost:
me...
Reblogging for this glorious comment. Thanks @tyrannousstars!
Sarah: *I’m* the Goblin Queen, bitches - you go wave your fans somewhere else.
(From Labyrinth: The Ultimate Visual History)
The Labyrinth commentaries are an Absolute Fucking Delight, seriously - from Goblins of the Labyrinth to the deluxe edition DVDs, they are replete with balls-out nerdery from Froud/Henson/Lucas, over-the-top teenage delight from Jennifer Connely who, at 14, got to SLOW DANCE WITH DAVID BOWIE!!!!!!!!!…and, wonder of wonders, sheer fucking dorkiness in the person of aforementioned rock god.
Like…
-He kept stumbling on the stairs in the ballroom scene. Jennifer keeps laughing at him because, oh my fuck, you’re David Bowie, aged 40something, Rock God Supreme, stupidly beautiful, actually trained in all this shit….and my adolescent ass remembers these stairs are here, but you don’t?!?!???????/
- The script originally called for Jareth and Sarah to kiss, but David Bowie straight up refused because Jennifer Connely was a minor and he was a grown-ass adult.
- Henson wanted a famous musician to play the Goblin King and had debated casting Michael Jackson, until David Bowie came over and…hopped up onto the table, and, with a wicked gleam in his eye, pulled a bone flute out of his pocket, hopped up onto the table, and, crouching thereon, played it at him and Henson was like “that is the Goblin King right there”
- Jennifer was apparently an absolute dream to work with and they didn’t realise how dangerous some of the stunts she acted were until they saw an actual teenager, say, going down the shaft of hands
- David Bowie was TERRIFIED OF HEIGHTS. During the Diamond Dogs tour in the 1970s, he got stuck on an elevating chair on stage, and later, in the 80s, during Glass Spider, he had an elevated prop fucking PRECIPITATELY DESCEND under him. Nonetheless, he did a lot of the Escher Room stuff himself - not all of it, some of it is a stunt guy, but damn, for a dude with acrophobia, doing ANY of it is impressive.
- Basically Jennifer Connely and David Bowie are/were fantastic to work with, and Jim Henson, who decided of his own free will to work with a baby, a teenager, numerous chickens, and a neurotic musician, was a madman. A magnificent madman, but a madman nonetheless.
Okay, I NEEEEEED to see those.
The bone flute was actually made for David Bowie by Jim Henson and Brian Froud, which they gave to him when they went to ask if he’d be interested in the role. But he did then hope up on the table and totally get into character with it.
So y’all know who the choreographer for this film was, right?
(She went by her first, rather than middle, name back then)
I love The Labyrinth
July 13, 2021
I want to become a pirate, but like, only for the music
I want to become a pirate, but like, only for the music
July 12, 2021
Sine Nomine - SilentAuror - Sherlock (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
Title: Sine Nomine
Author: SilentAuror
Pairing/genre/rating: John/Sherlock,drama/romance, series 4 fix-it, explicit
POVs: Mycroft, John, Sherlock
Length: 45,626 words
Warnings: None in particular, though I will say that this is a dark one at times
Summary: As Mycroft reviews thefootage from Culverton Smith’s morgue, he revisits his original question:whether John Watson would be the making of his brother, or make him worse thanever. He’s come to a conclusion, but decides to give John one last chance. Sohe gives him a choice.
Notes: I wrote this story almostentirely during my three months of working in isolation from home. My work becamethe in-depth research of a failed civil uprising/revolution and a horrificlevel of destruction in that country. The unnamed village of the title (“sine nomine”= Latin for “without name”) is very much based on some of the events of thatuprising, though this is set in a very different country. This story hadalready been plotted out well before I started this research, but some of whatI was thinking and feeling about that situation is definitely reflected here,and I was grateful to have the vehicle of this story to help process some ofthat.
@silentauroriamthereal’s work is beyond superb. I’m can’t wait to read, what I’m sure will be, another incredible piece. Such a fan of this author’s beautiful, thoughtful, and insightful work!
I read it (ages ago lol) and it’s absolutely incredible.
Love you, @annecumberbatch! ❤️😊❤️
July 11, 2021
fluffbyday-smutbynight:
mottlemoth:
Please reblog this if fanfiction has been beneficial to your...
Please reblog this if fanfiction has been beneficial to your mental health.
every time I feel really low I go and re-read The A.G.R.A. Complex series by @silentauroriamthereal. makes everything right again. there, I said it
Omg, thank you for that, @fluffbyday-smutbynight!!! Day: MADE!
July 9, 2021
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