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as a welsh person i want you all to accept that W is a vowel because honestly it makes pronouncing acronyms so much easier. wlw becomes ‘ooloo’, wjec becomes ‘oojeck’, love yourselves and stop giving us shit when we tell you welsh has 7 vowels. english actually has 15 vowel sounds but because y’all only use 5 letters you have to rely on a spelling system devised by satan
so we've talked about southern gothic but what about northern gothic? is that a thing?
There wasn’t so we invented one!
Southern gothic is a conventional literary genre, but northern gothic fiction would just get encapsulated in the overall Gothic genre. BUT. Tumblr made a meme. Because of course we did. It’s here: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/regional-gothic.
So far I’ve found Midwest Gothic: here here and here
Southern California Gothic, which is popular (because of fucking course): here here here here and fuckin here
Northern England Gothic: here and here and here
not to mention chucklefucking Alaskan Gothic: really? i mean really?? fuck you. fuck you alaska.
And fuck me there’s even Gothic subgenres for cities that shouldn’t exist in the first place. Kansas City. Minneapolis. Small town Michigan Gothic?? Toronto? Yeah fucking Toronto.
In fact, there’s assorted Canada Gothic? There’s so much hell-forsaken Canada Gothic, too fuckin much.
International Gothic? Fuck this. There’s So Much Australian Gothic. There’s Finland Gothic. There is so much more and I want nothing to do with it.
But the worse, the absolute worse of the whole satan-forsaken toxic hellpile: Ohio Gothic. I hate Ohio. I am. from. Ohio. I was born there. One day I will die there. I fear Ohio. Because in Ohio: “Holes in the sidewalk. Holes on the street. Holes on the freeway. Holes in your mind.” And Ohioans know: HELL IS REAL.
Things I need more of in my life: Midwestern gothic/horror stories.
Barns with no doors that almost seem to breathe, their walls bending inward and outward every few seconds.
That one diner at the edge of town where the people you see through the windows on the outside are not the same as the ones inside.
That late night train that travels slowly across the tracks, steam leaking out of the closed doors of the cars. If you listen closely you can hear skittering inside them.
In the park there is a circle of dead grass right behind the swings and if you get close enough you can hear it whispering.
Fields of corn that rustle in the wind and anyone foolish enough to wander into them are never heard from again. Sometimes the farmers will find their shoes during the harvest.
Back roads that don’t make geographical sense. Sometimes you just get stuck in a curve for an hour only to find yourself a mile away from the nearest town afterwards.
Passing the same farm house five times in a row.
Never listen to the crows. Their secrets will alter you in terrible ways.
The scarecrows are always wearing new clothes whenever you see them, even when you take your eyes off them for only a moment.
Don’t ever mention the man who waves to you on your way to work every morning. Don’t mention that he’s been dead for ten years.
Never buy flowers from the flower shop on Main Street. You know the one: the doors are always open, even in winter, and you can smell the sweet scent of roses mixed with something rotting.
Types of people, which make the world a better place
Witty old ladies
The only guy, who gets your stupid joke
That funny uncle, you only see on family gatherings
This person, who notices how you try not to stare at their chocolate bar and shares a piece with you
The passenger of undistinguishable age on the train or bus, who shares his wisdom (and you like it)
The people in public transport, who do faces for small kids
The teacher, who does not give you homework after quiz
The person, who moves aside on the bus\underground, so you and your friend could sit together
Feel free to add
i get anxiety because idk what will come after postmodernism
“Tea should be as bitter as wormwood and as sharp as a two edged sword” - Kit Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events is a Passover Story
So I’ll be honest, I’m not the best Jew to be writing this post. I first saw Fiddler on the Roof at age 19, and the first words out of my mouth were, “Wow! This is really Jewish!” (Meanwhile, my mom was commenting on the Yiddish anachronisms of this play about Russian Jews, because she’s a good Jew who actually Knows Jewish Things) But I hadn’t really heard or seen much about just how incredibly Jewish A Series of Unfortunate Events is, which is a shame because Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler is himself Jewish. So Jewish, in fact, that he helped write the New American Haggadah (including a part about how, just as there are Four [types of] Children who ought to be accommodated during Passover, there are Four Parents who really ought to be ignored.) But seeing as I can’t find anyone better to write about all the cool Jewish culture and symbolism in A Series of Unfortunate Events, I’ll take over until someone else comes along and does a better job.
Spoiler warning, of course. There’s a lot of deep lore that gains new meaning when looked at through a Jewish lens, including the symbolism behind horseradish and the sugar bowl.
Keep reading
asoue netflix au where everything’s the same but beatrice and bertrand are played by melissa fumero and andy samberg and they act exactly like amy santiago and jake peralta
We're f-f-flying in a CAR Ron, Owl, Harry and his SCAR Pass the mic right over to THE WHOMPING WILLOW
hey before this app gets shut down completely does anyone wanna fuckin uhhhhh fall in love together or smth?
Salamander’s Eyes compliment can only work once in a lifetime. It just did
cause of death: newtina
*spoilers for crimes of grindelwald
newt looking for tina when jacob and queenie arrived
narrow feet
jacob being a wingman
salamander’s eyes
“tall, dark-” “-beautiful”
tina’s jealousy
newt trying to tell tina the truth
newt and tina’s reunion
mr. scamander
newt’s expression when tina called him her fiance
newt + his appreciation for tina’s eyes
newt showing tina her photo
when newt finally told tina he wasn’t engaged
legit thought he was going to turn and snog her after the ‘I’ll think of something’
newt tracking tina
rescue attempt
they’re in love
and I’m dead
Okay, this never happens. I just sat down for a solid 3 and a half hours and wrote a fic from start to end in a draft format that closely resembles mid-draft as opposed to first draft. My concentration never wavered.
I’m afraid
Hi there, just wondering if you have any recommendations for classic (?) gothic literature (stuff like Dracula or Picture of Dorian gray). Thanks!
Yes ? Yes, yes, yes, very much so. I cannot get enough when it comes to gothic literature (and what sprung from it). Here goes :
The Turn of the Screw, Henry JamesThe Lifted Veil, George EliotSeven Gothic Tales, Isak DinesenJane Eyre, Charlotte BrontëVillette, Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights, Emily BrontëMelmoth the Wanderer, Charles MaturinThe Italian, Ann RadcliffeThe Castle of Otranto, Horace WalpoleThe Horla and Other Stories, Guy de MaupassantThe Coffee-Pot and Other Stories, Théophile GautierMy Cousin Rachel, Daphné du MaurierRebecca, Daphné du MaurierDon’t Look Now, Daphné du MaurierFrankenstein, Mary Bysshe ShelleyThe Castle of Argol, Julien GracqThe Unicorn, Iris MurdochThe Moonstone, Wilkie CollinsLa Vénus d’Ille, Prosper MériméeThe Haunting of Hillhouse, Shirley JacksonWe Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley JacksonThe Shining, Stephen KingCarrie, Stephen KingCarmilla, Joseph Sheridan Le FanuThe Queen of Spades, Alexandr PushkinTales, Edgar Allan PoeThe House of the Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne
—and more. Early gothic fiction shattered into a multiplicity of related literary movements and ideas that are still going strong today; reading one gothic novel automatically brings you to seek another which is either fully cited, or subtly praised in its successor. Some of these are still on my to-be-read list, but I had to suggest them anyway—haunted castles ! puritanic secrecy ! slow psychological warfare ! wild moors and devil pacts ! What could go wrong ?
Hello, that's trully a wonderful playlist! Thanks for it. I strongly recommend "Bored to Death" by Coconut Records - it's like the intro to the whole ATWQ series for me
All The Wrong Questions - fan playlist
Extreme Ways - Moby
Calm Like You - The Last Shadow Puppets
The Game - Deine Lakaien
The Shrine/An Argument - The Fleet Foxes
Black Sun - Death Cab For A Cutie
Brave New World - Kalandra
Familiar - Agnes Obel
Me And My Friends Are Lonely - Matt Maeson
Hi! I made this playlist taking into consideration both atmosphere of the song and its lyrics. Obviously, it’s not like every word in those songs fits into Snicketverse lore, but those songs just remind me of ATWQ, mostly the darker aspects of the series. I hope you’ll like it. I'm also making Ellington x Lemony Playlist right now, so stay tuned. And if you want me to make more playlists for fandoms listed in my bio, I’m open for suggestions. The songs are not only chosen for Lemony’s perspective, but for the other characters too.
I do not own any of the songs or the book series All The Wrong Questions written by one and only Lemony Snicket.
Link to my playlist on YouTube
Extreme Ways - Moby //
Extreme ways are back again / Extreme places I didn’t know / (…) I’ve seen so much in so many places / So many heartaches, so many faces / So many dirty things / You couldn’t even believe / I would stand in line for this / It’s always good in life for this //
Calm Like You - The Last Shadow Puppets //
I can still remember / When your city smelt exciting / I still get a whiff / Of that aroma now and then / Burglary and fireworks / The skies they were alighting / Accidents and toffee drops / And thinking on the train(…) / If he was calm like you / Locked up inside of your loops / Then he’d know for well / That all he had to say was / All he had to say was goodbye//
The Game - Deine Lakaien //
(…) Air full of grief / It is you now / Stuck within / Soul is burning / No chance to win / (…) And the hot sun / Paints the door / Your philanthropist / Sighed once more / Wind was blowing / Air through pipes / Holes in bodies / Mortal crimes / What have you done to the game / Was it a victory, a shame(…) //
The Shrine/An Argument - The Fleet Foxes //
I went down among the dust and pollen / To the old stone fountain in the morning after dawn / Underneath were all these pennies fallen from the hands of children / They were there and then were gone / And I wonder what became of them / What became of them (…) / I’m not one to ever pray for mercy //
Black Sun - Death Cab For A Cutie //
There is whisky in the water / And there is death upon the vine / (…) / There is a desert veiled in pavement / And there’s a city of seven hills / And all our debris flows to the ocean / (…) / There is an answer in a question / And there is hope within despair / And there is beauty in a failure, / And there are depths beyond compare //
Brave New World - Kalandra //
Witnessing the smoke that’s rolling in (…) / The scent of embers lingers in the air / It`s like a web / There is no escape from / It’s got you trapped / (…) / Never knowing what they demanded / (…) / You want to fight but you’re all divided / It’s not a world everyone can thrive in / Is this the world we were meant to grown in?
Familiar - Agnes Obel //
We took a walk to the summit at night, you and I / To burn a hole in the old grip of the familiar true to life / And the dark was opening wide, do or die / Under a mask of vermillion ruling eyes //
Me And My Friends Are Lonely - Matt Maeson //
I cope smothered in smoke / Deep high, drape my soul in / I know things that you don’t / I’ve met murdering folk / And they took one of our own / They took our innocent home/ (…) / If I leave it does not stop here, no / So is there any treason in the tricky little price I pay?
some castlevania halloween aesthetics
Index of Frightful Friday Posts 101–200
Young Goodman Brown | Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Devil and Daniel Webster | Washington Irving
The Cigarette Case | Oliver Onions
The Readjustment | Mary Austin
No. 5 Branch Line: The Engineer | Amelia Edwards
The Easter Egg | Saki
The Lottery | Shirley Jackson
The Secret of Kralitz | Henry Knutter
Mother of Toads | Clark Ashton Smith
Old Garfield’s Heart | Robert E. Howard
The Outsider | H.P. Lovecraft
The Ghosts | Lord Dunsany
The Man-Eating Tree | Phil Robinson
The Reckoning | Lafcadio Hearn
Wild Swimming | Elodie Harper
Neighbourhood Watch | Greg Egan
The Bus-Conductor | E.F. Benson
The Nightmare Room | Arthur Conan Doyle
The Devil of the Marsh | H.B. Marriott-Watson
Weeds | Stephen King
Djinn and Bitters | Harold Lawlor
A Night of Horror | Dick Donovan (aka James Edward Preston Muddock)
Leiningen Versus the Ants | Carl Stephenson
The Vampire of Croglin Grange | Augustus Hare
Lost Hearts | M.R. James
Round the Fire | Catherine Crowe
The Music of Erich Zann | H.P. Lovecraft
Sir Dominick’s Bargain | J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Pigeons from Hell | Robert E. Howard
The Medici Boots | Pearl Norton Swet
The Toll-House | W.W. Jacobs
Pride & Prometheus | John Kessel
The Shadowy Third | Ellen Glasgow
Was It a Dream? | Guy de Maupassant
The Open Door | Margaret Oliphant
Three Skeleton Key | George G. Toudouze
Man-Size in Marble | Edith Nesbit
Silent Snow, Secret Snow | Conrad Aiken
A Sound of Thunder | Ray Bradbury
The Gateway of the Monster | William Hope Hodgson
Ofodile | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Repossession | Lionel Shriver
Light and Space | Ned Beauman
Stairs | Penelope Lively
Dark Christmas | Jeanette Winterson
How Fear Departed the Long Gallery | E.F. Benson
Thurnley Abbey | Perceval Landon
To Be Read at Dusk | Charles Dickens
The Tractate Middoth | M.R. James
The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing But The Truth | Rhoda Broughton
Lost in a Pyramid, or the Mummy’s Curse | Louisa May Alcott
The Sumach | Ulrich Dabney
The Pavilion | Edith Nesbit
The Flowering of the Strange Orchid | H.G. Wells
At the Dip of the Road | Mary Louisa Molesworth
At Chrighton Abbey | Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Banshees and Warnings | Lady Gregory
At the End of the Corridor | Evangeline Walton
The Tree’s Wife | Mary Elizabeth Counselman
Pickman’s Model | H.P. Lovecraft
The Dead Man | Fritz Leiber
The Canal | Everil Worrell
The Return of the Sorcerer | Clark Ashton Smith
The Child That Went with the Fairies | J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The Piano Next Door | Elia W. Peattie
The Miniature | J.Y. Akerman
The American’s Tale | Arthur Conan Doyle
The Death’s Head | Friedrich Laun
The Spectre-Barber | Johann Karl August Musäus
The Family Portraits | Johann August Apel
The Storm | Sarah Elizabeth Utterson
The Invisible Girl | Mary Shelley
The Botathen Ghost | R.S. Hawker
The Whisperers | Algernon Blackwood
The Curse of Vasartas | Eva Henry
The Lost Door | Dorothy Quick
Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook | M.R. James
The Mysterious Mummy | Sax Rohmer
Dagon | H.P. Lovecraft
Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter | J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The Poor Ghost | Christina Rossetti
The Night Wire | H.F. Arnold
Old Aeson | Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Feather Pillow | Horacio Quiroga
Fingers of a Hand | H.D. Everett
The Tale of Satampra Zeiros | Clark Ashton Smith
The Story of Baelbrow | Kate & Hesketh Prichard
The Jelly-Fish | David H. Keller
The Ebony Frame | Edith Nesbit
The Man of Science | Jerome K. Jerome
The Open Window | Saki
The Hall Bedroom | Mary Wilkins Freeman
No. 252 Rue M. le Prince | Ralph Adams Cram
The Weird Violin | Anonymous
The Ghost’s Summons | Ada Buisson
The Doll’s Ghost | F. Marion Crawford
The Canterville Ghost | Oscar Wilde
The Tapestried Chamber | Sir Walter Scott
The Gorgon’s Head | Edith Bacon
The Empty House | Algernon Blackwood
For the first one hundred stories, please visit: Index of Frightful Friday Posts 1–100
I’m gonna make a club called “Girls in White Dresses Reading Books” if you want to join GWDRB knock thrice on the haunted abbey door at nine tonight
every writing tip article and their mother: dont ever use adverbs ever!
me, shoveling more adverbs onto the page because i do what i want: just you fucking try and stop me
The masters of weird fiction.
H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Algernon Blackwood, Edgar Allan Poe and William Hope Hodgson.
V.F.D’s Codes (Happy bi visibility day!)
“Beware the autumn people. For some, autumn comes early, stays late, through life, where October follows September and November touches October and then instead of December and Christ’s birth there is no Bethlehem Star, no rejoicing, but September comes again and old October and so on down the years, with no winter, spring or revivifying summer. For these beings, fall is the only normal season, the only weather, there be no choice beyond. Where do they come from? The dust. Where do they go? The grave. Does blood stir their veins? No, the night wind. What ticks in their head? The worm. What speaks through their mouth? The toad. What sees from their eye? The snake. What hears with their ear? The abyss between the stars. They sift the human storm for souls, eat flesh of reason, fill tombs with sinners. They frenzy forth. In gusts they beetle-scurry, creep, thread, filter, motion, make all moons sullen, and surely cloud all clear-run waters. The spider-web hears them, trembles—breaks. Such are the autumn people.”
— Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
of course I do
Slim Fit Double Breasted Leather Neck Belt 12 Button Wool Coat
IT au where Olaf is a cannibalistic clown
Lemony Snicket's Calendar of Unfortunate Events
Jan 12: Birthday of Jacques Snicket, as well as that of his sister.
Feb 26: Jacques Snicket “taken” and initiated into V.F.D.
Mar 18: Jacques Snicket, given his first assignment, disguises himself accordingly.
Mar 31: Alleged date the alleged Baudelaire mansion allegedly burned down.
Apr 8: Isadora Quagmire’s whereabouts unknown.
Apr 17: Jacques Snicket disguise discovered. Alternate disguise employed.
May 13: Nine cows arrested by the authorities under the suspicion of involvement with V.F.D. Jacques Snicket, disguised as the tenth cow, escapes on a stolen tractor.
Jun 26: Jacques Snicket arrives in Paltryville to continue Baudelaire investigation.
Jul 6: Jacques Snicket reports his findings to The Daily Punctilio.
Jul 7: The Daily Punctilio does not publish Jacques Snicket’s report.
Aug 9: V.F.D. declares Jacques Snicket “either missing or on vacation.”
Sep 23: Summer is dead and Jacques Snicket does not return. V.F.D. changes his status to “missing.”
Oct 10: The remaining Snicket siblings open their investigation into Jacques Snicket’s disappearance.
Nov 7: Jacques Snicket reported murdered.
Dec 2: Jacques Snicket reported ill.
Jan 4: Director and screenwriter Gustav Sebald reported missing.
Jan 10: Gustav Sebald found murdered.
Jan 27: V.F.D. declares remaining Snicket siblings “either missing or on vacation.” Very few vacations are scheduled in January.