The stars are singing
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shadowhiveSo to start the post, as is tradition now, a health update.
So the thing on my back is gone, but the place where it was is still sore and occasionally hurts. I have to still be careful stretching to grab things and sometimes have to lay on my side, but at least it’s less than the thing was. Alas though I’ve had headaches instead, which is likely bought on by the recent bad weather (including a thunderstorm on Saturday) which is annoying.
But anyway, onto other things.
A few days ago I had a delivery, which turned out to be the kickstarter book I backed: I Want That Twink Olbliterated. It’s a sci fi anthology about twinks in various kinds of trouble so I’m looking forward to checking it out over October. I now have a total of three recent books to read after Rogue (alas my focus was off). Other than this there’s Shredded, another horror anthology by the same person that did one I read before and liked, as well as Death In The Stars a Doctor book written by Bonnie Langford herself which sounds intriguing. I might do the anthologies first, reading one a day but we’ll see.
I don’t think I’ll be doing kinktober this year. I still have some holdovers from last year I’ve not finished which I want to. But the bigger issue has been my focus being off and having a major lacking of creativity lately. It’s super annoying but.. ugh. I had considered doing spook me, but again the lack of focus/creativity (plus pain) meant I never did. I might do something along those lines though (likely based on the latest Set It Off song, though annoyingly it has no video). I’m hoping to have something done before the week is out but it depends on my focus.
Last week Agatha All Along started, so I decided to watch and it’s really great so far! The first ep plays out like a Wandavision ep (being a spoof of a detective story for a large part) but damn that ending. That Rio and Agatha fight was one of the most homoerotic fights I’ve seen in awhile! (And I love ‘teen’ too, though I don’t get why they’re concealing his name so much when it’s obvious who he is). The second ep was fun with Agatha getting the coven together and I’m really looking forward to tomorrows ep. But already I feel it’ll be my fav Marvel show.
I’ve also managed to finish season one of the Magnus protocol and damn, that ending left me with so many questions (though was so good). I wonder when we’ll find out what the protocol actually is though.
Speaking of finishing things I finished the Ju-On boxset. Ju-On: The Grudge 2 felt like a more cohesive story than the prior entries, though it also had three things that were less scary more ridiculous which took me out a bit. White Ghost and Black Ghost were each also self contained things, being completely new curses which I think worked really well for the most part. (Though the white ghost wasn’t so much scary as… I dunno the face looked so wrong). Like with watching the Ring box set it’s made me wanna watch the remake ones so I might have to do that at some point.
Because of Outlaws I ended up watching Solo on Sunday and it’s still so fun. I really do love it and think it’s a shame we didn’t get more young Han and especially young Lando (please sort the promised film/series Lucasfilm).
Speaking of Outlaws I played it a bunch lately and completed the questline with Qi’ra, got immense feels for ND-5 and then somehow got to last story quest so I did that. I could kinda see some of the end coming but not completely so was still surprised by some of the twists. But damn I really did love it. It was a lot of fun and I’ve come to really love Kay. Towards the end I couldn’t help but think of Qi’ra’s quote about Han, that she knew who he was and that he was ‘the good guy’ and that really applies to Kay too. The way she was just determined to help save her friends at the end, yeah that shows who she is. I hope we see more of her (there’s at least two dlcs at least) and I hope there’s merch too.
Today I finally, finally, got back to Tears Of The Kingdom after months of saying that I would. I ended up achieving a fair bit already today: I beat Master Kohga three times (including what seems to be the last time), healed the Deku tree, retrieved the master sword and I ended by landing at Hyrule castle. The new game is coming tomorrow but I’m not gonna start it until finishing Tears and I feel close to. (I fully expect Hyrule castle to be the first part of the end game, followed by whatever is in the depths beneath it).
Then tonight I finally started my VHS run with the first film. As the film went on the segments improved, with the last one being my fav (due to how effective the haunted house/possession was). But some parts were a lil rough. The guys in the wrap around were so unlikeable from the start and there was so many instances of guys just being dicks. Im looking forward to watching the others though (I’m hoping to watch 2 tomorrow and viral Friday) cause I know it does improve as it goes on. But I guess we’ll see.
VHS overall ratings
Wrap around: 4/10
Segment 1: 6/10
Segment 2: 6.5/10
Segment 3: 7.5/10
Segment 4: 7.5/10
Segment 5: 8/10
But I’ve rambled a bit so I’m gonna head off and flop.
So the thing on my back is gone, but the place where it was is still sore and occasionally hurts. I have to still be careful stretching to grab things and sometimes have to lay on my side, but at least it’s less than the thing was. Alas though I’ve had headaches instead, which is likely bought on by the recent bad weather (including a thunderstorm on Saturday) which is annoying.
But anyway, onto other things.
A few days ago I had a delivery, which turned out to be the kickstarter book I backed: I Want That Twink Olbliterated. It’s a sci fi anthology about twinks in various kinds of trouble so I’m looking forward to checking it out over October. I now have a total of three recent books to read after Rogue (alas my focus was off). Other than this there’s Shredded, another horror anthology by the same person that did one I read before and liked, as well as Death In The Stars a Doctor book written by Bonnie Langford herself which sounds intriguing. I might do the anthologies first, reading one a day but we’ll see.
I don’t think I’ll be doing kinktober this year. I still have some holdovers from last year I’ve not finished which I want to. But the bigger issue has been my focus being off and having a major lacking of creativity lately. It’s super annoying but.. ugh. I had considered doing spook me, but again the lack of focus/creativity (plus pain) meant I never did. I might do something along those lines though (likely based on the latest Set It Off song, though annoyingly it has no video). I’m hoping to have something done before the week is out but it depends on my focus.
Last week Agatha All Along started, so I decided to watch and it’s really great so far! The first ep plays out like a Wandavision ep (being a spoof of a detective story for a large part) but damn that ending. That Rio and Agatha fight was one of the most homoerotic fights I’ve seen in awhile! (And I love ‘teen’ too, though I don’t get why they’re concealing his name so much when it’s obvious who he is). The second ep was fun with Agatha getting the coven together and I’m really looking forward to tomorrows ep. But already I feel it’ll be my fav Marvel show.
I’ve also managed to finish season one of the Magnus protocol and damn, that ending left me with so many questions (though was so good). I wonder when we’ll find out what the protocol actually is though.
Speaking of finishing things I finished the Ju-On boxset. Ju-On: The Grudge 2 felt like a more cohesive story than the prior entries, though it also had three things that were less scary more ridiculous which took me out a bit. White Ghost and Black Ghost were each also self contained things, being completely new curses which I think worked really well for the most part. (Though the white ghost wasn’t so much scary as… I dunno the face looked so wrong). Like with watching the Ring box set it’s made me wanna watch the remake ones so I might have to do that at some point.
Because of Outlaws I ended up watching Solo on Sunday and it’s still so fun. I really do love it and think it’s a shame we didn’t get more young Han and especially young Lando (please sort the promised film/series Lucasfilm).
Speaking of Outlaws I played it a bunch lately and completed the questline with Qi’ra, got immense feels for ND-5 and then somehow got to last story quest so I did that. I could kinda see some of the end coming but not completely so was still surprised by some of the twists. But damn I really did love it. It was a lot of fun and I’ve come to really love Kay. Towards the end I couldn’t help but think of Qi’ra’s quote about Han, that she knew who he was and that he was ‘the good guy’ and that really applies to Kay too. The way she was just determined to help save her friends at the end, yeah that shows who she is. I hope we see more of her (there’s at least two dlcs at least) and I hope there’s merch too.
Today I finally, finally, got back to Tears Of The Kingdom after months of saying that I would. I ended up achieving a fair bit already today: I beat Master Kohga three times (including what seems to be the last time), healed the Deku tree, retrieved the master sword and I ended by landing at Hyrule castle. The new game is coming tomorrow but I’m not gonna start it until finishing Tears and I feel close to. (I fully expect Hyrule castle to be the first part of the end game, followed by whatever is in the depths beneath it).
Then tonight I finally started my VHS run with the first film. As the film went on the segments improved, with the last one being my fav (due to how effective the haunted house/possession was). But some parts were a lil rough. The guys in the wrap around were so unlikeable from the start and there was so many instances of guys just being dicks. Im looking forward to watching the others though (I’m hoping to watch 2 tomorrow and viral Friday) cause I know it does improve as it goes on. But I guess we’ll see.
VHS overall ratings
Wrap around: 4/10
Segment 1: 6/10
Segment 2: 6.5/10
Segment 3: 7.5/10
Segment 4: 7.5/10
Segment 5: 8/10
But I’ve rambled a bit so I’m gonna head off and flop.
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Date: 2024-09-26 11:22 am (UTC)Yay for new books though! And spooky movies!
It's been so long since I went through all the Ju-On films. I know I've seen all of them, because there was a stretch when I was watching every single J-horror thing I could find, but I barely remember the details now. White Ghost Black Ghost stood out as being a good one. Is that the one with the closed time loop? That may have been why. It's one of my favorite movie tropes, especially in horror. Same for Triangle and Southbound.
I've also got a couple of the V/H/S movies on my list this year, although I'm saving them for the 31 Days of Horror challenge! Meaning I can't start until October. I've only seen the first one, so I wanna get more on my list. I agree with you about the frame story though. Those dudes are impossible to feel sorry for.
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Date: 2024-09-26 11:07 pm (UTC)Yeah! I’m looking forward to checking them out!
It’s been so long since I’d watched them too! But after watching the Ring films it made me wanna (and now I’m back on a j-horror kick too!). I’ve got a boxset coming that’s a bunch of j-horror films that I’m so looking forward too (especially cause it’s got Noroi on it!). I think the time loop stuff was in the first ju-on grudge. But white and black ghost were so good, ohh I’ve not seen Triangle, but Southbound!, I remember that being really good
Ohh nice I hope you enjoy them! I’d have saved them for October too but the new one is out next week so I decided on a run (I’ve only seen them once so…) they really were such jerks I’m glad they died
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Date: 2024-09-27 01:54 am (UTC)Although it is the movie that actually scares the hell out of me every time I watch it, so maybe that's why, lol. I had nightmares for DAYS the first time I saw it.
AHHH, you gotta see Triangle it's so goooood! It's on at least two free-with-ads streaming sites over here (Tubi and Crackle), so check it out if you have time. I remember putting it off because I thought it had something to do with the Bermuda Triangle, but--no. In fact I'm not sure what the title means. But it also has a time loop! And Melissa George is in it!
Right now, I've got 85, 94, and 99 ready to go. Looking forward to it!
I also just found out an art house theater near me is doing screenings of a lot of cult movies this October, including Phantom of the Paradise, which I have not seen before, so I'm gonna try to get out to that!
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Date: 2024-10-01 11:31 am (UTC)That’s fair it is so creepy!
Ohh I’ll have to look! Yeah from the title I’d have assumed that too I’m surprised it’s not!
Ohh nice! I just watched 94 last night I’m curious what you think
Oh that sounds fun! I’m not familiar with that either so I hope it’s good! I think I might only be seeing one thing at the cinema but we’ll see
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Date: 2024-10-01 12:24 pm (UTC)What's weird about the books is it's very specific, and very detailed, about exactly what's on the cursed video, and neither of the movies get it right. I mean, they get some things—the well is kind of crucial to the plot—but the rest? Not so much. It's just a barrage of creepy images. Effective! But actually reading the books was such a different experience. It's been awhile, but I remember really enjoying them.
I've heard both the 90s ones are good, so I'm looking forward to it! Since it's now officially October (WOO!) I got started with Abigail, just the first half hour before leaving for work. Nothing spooky yet, but it's got a fantastic cast.
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Date: 2024-09-26 01:53 pm (UTC)fortune teller tells the girl she’s gonna be happy with a partner and it turns out to be a masked girl who kills her bf?? is that segment 2 or 3 I can’t remember LMAO all I know is that I love ti west and dark wlw 💀
you gotta let me know how that scfi twink book is 🙏 it sounds pretty incredible icl
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Date: 2024-09-26 11:01 pm (UTC)It does! I was sold on the premise alone but I have no idea what any of the stories are gonna be👀but the cover promises monsters and tentacles so👀
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Date: 2024-09-26 03:53 pm (UTC)Understandable, you've had a hard few months. And you can always go back to the other prompts if inspiration comes back. Which hopefully it will. You were writing up a storm earlier this year.
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