#and that Lubelle is probably dead

[welcometohermitcraft]

I'm not sure if this is a thing that exists already but I NEED to see Dr. Janet Lubelle and Lauren Mallard girlbossing it up together (with the goal to exact revenge on Carlos and all of Night Vale of course)

#i know Lubelle would probably be a bit too normal for Lauren's madness #and i knkw theyre literally a dimension apart #and that Lubelle is probably dead #and that Lauren is currently doing some creepy cult shit all to fuck with Kevin #but just hear me out please #year 2 lauren and lubelle would be a powerhouse of capitalism and unethical science #wtnv #dr janet lubelle #janet lubelle #lauren mallard

[this-is-a-podcast-fanblog]

Does anyone ever just sit in silence and think about Janet's death like she literally died midsentence and Carlos was the last thing she ever saw before she was crushed to death and it probably hurt really badly for like a split second before everything went dark, or maybe it didn't kill her instantly and she just slowly suffocated, and how she died knowing that everyone she'd trusted had betrayed her and yet still believing she would win; and how she was confident in her explanations to the point of extreme arrogance with absolutely no idea that the very thing she'd already explained away would be the thing that killed her, and how every single member of the University of What It Is including Blake, including Carlos, just walked away when her limbs were still visible under the dead cow and not a single person checked to see if she was okay, and not a single person checked on her in the months afterwards; and now she's rotting into the soil of the town she couldn't destroy, a town full of people who are still afraid to mention the threat she brought to them, her existence nothing more than a single bad chapter in a long book of bad things, a town that welcomes ruled by the destroyer, one that no force could ever permanently alter except for Janet Lubelle before she was gone, and she's gone, she's gone and she isn't coming back.

#ok i need to do my homework now #i still miss her so much #janet lubelle #wtnv #welcome to night vale #we'll truly never have a character like her again

[grimbeak]

on a Serious note: I am very worried the conclusion to this arc will be the boy killing adult kevin, implying that certain people are too broken to be fixed. I feel like if the conclusion of this arc ends with current kevin being dead it'll undermine literally all of his baggage into "just some crazy guy" instead of. a guy with disorders the dsm hasn't even seen yet who deserves to heal from his past

on a more speculative note: it's mentioned talk therapy is illegal in desert bluffs too. the first idea they have for the boy is to take him to a child therapist, which is talk therapy. just thought that was interesting

Well,I had a whole answer written up, and then I looked at a transcript and it was gone. God bless Tumblr. I'm going to paraphrase.

I don't think they would do that. For one, this is a child talking about murdering his future self. He talks about how he is going to do it in explicit detail. While Night Vale has segments that are gorey and occasionally sad, even including the deaths of characters, I think this would be too big a leap. This is a more serious topic- for example, the episode we get where Old Woman Josie has died, and we spend it learning about her and her life. While she wasn't a big recurring character, it was clear that she meant a lot to Cecil and the town. There was so much about her we never got to learn.

Kevin. Kevin is a huge character. While not recurring often after his "defeat", we still hear from him from time to time. However, he's such a big character because of who he is. He's Cecil's double. While we really don't know much about Cecil (so much of what we have is just speculation from the vague hints left in occasional episodes), we know even less about Kevin.

Kevin... We really have no idea what he's up to. He wanted to take over Night Vale with Strex, but they lost. After Kevin got trapped in the Desert Otherworld, we could have easily never heard from him again. We've barely heard anything about Lubelle post-mortem, except that she's probably still under the cow.

You could argue that we didn't know much about Janet Lubelle. However, we did know her motives. We knew what she wanted to do. She wanted to explain Night Vale, plain and simple.

Now? Kevin has a life separate from StrexCorp and even the Smiling God. Lubelle never had a clear life separate from the University of What It Is. Kevin has a partner, a stepson. A kind-of-friend in Lauren. An old companionship with Carlos. Kevin is a character that has been developed outside of his main focuses, and I think that's important to remember. Night Vale interns die because, well, they're interns. Not much we learn about them. The ones we did learn about? Still alive. Dana Cardinal- former mayor, now therapist. Maureen- owns dark owl records with Michelle. Even Kareem had something to distinguish himself- a double, and a family that didn't remember him. All of them are still living.

One of, if not the only character that's been developed to have a personal life and still died, is Old Woman Josie. Dead from a hip infection. And we got a whole episode (several if you count the ones mentioning her worsening condition) about her passing. She was a very important character, especially to Cecil. Based on those odds, and the extreme difference in death cause (natural hip infection vs murdered by your past/future child self), along with the whole topic being extremely heavy for the podcast, I don't think they're going to have Kevin be killed by himself. Kevin's a very developed character that we still know very little about, and we're only just learning more now. Along with that, Josie had a daughter, but they had a complicated relationship. During one of the last few times we heard from Kevin, he got a partner and a stepson. While it is odd that we didn't get a mention of them in the past Adult!Kevin episode, I think it can be easily explained by the focus being on a specific holiday and Lauren suddenly showing up and surprising him/the whole "smiling god doesn't actually love you" thing. The difference in time between the desert otherworld and night vale hasn't been explained fully yet. Who knows if it's still ten times faster? Who knows if the active portal is messing with the time? I think there's a very high chance that Charles and Donovan are still alive, and likely similar ages from when we last heard from them. I doubt finknor would give him a young child to care for and then instantly age him up without letting us see how that's affected Kevin.

If Charles and Donovan are still alive, then would Brinknor really kill a man in front of his child and partner? After the healing he clearly went through to get to that point? I don't think they've forgotten about Charles and Donovan.

Not only would it not make sense for his character, it would also be a very dark turn for the podcast. While Night Vale has had it's dark moments (Go To The Mirror), I think there's a huge step to make between cosmic horror and a child murdering his future self (who we've recently been purposely reminded exists! Who's recently been given more dialogue to a name!). Even if you see the "killing his future self" part as an average night vale plot, this is still a child. A child who we've grown to know both versions of. A child who, a few weeks ago in Night Vale time, was pretending to be an airplane in a park. While The Boy has gotten more serious and seemingly more unstable over the weeks, he's still a child. Cecil offers him goldfish crackers and a root beer.

The way the episode ends, especially with the addition of Carlos trying to help The Boy with symbolism, it feels very much like The Boy saying that he needs to murder his future self, and describing it in detail, is something that is not going to be tolerated by the other characters. Brinknor wouldn't suddenly switch up Carlos's personality and have him help Kevin continue the cycle of violence that he's clearly very traumatized from.

All in all, I totally understand your concerns, but I don't think it's something you have to be worried about. Even if it's his future self, a child commiting murder and that being deemed okay is a huge step for a podcast where the main character refused to work for several days because he didn't know trees grew from seeds. I think a likely ending is going to be about Kevin breaking the cycle of violence, trauma, and abuse. Whether The Boy goes back to wherever he came from, whether he gets to grow up in Night Vale and start again, whether Adult!Kevin helps him through his struggle, I think there's going to be a happy ending for The Boy that doesn't involve murder.

#i hope this helps you feel better! #couldn't rewrite all of what i had but. i think i got what i was trying to say #anon ily and if you want to talk about this anymore feel free to dm me #kevin wtnv #wtnv spoilers #welcome to night vale spoilers

[falenminds-blog]

can we just quickly go back to the fact that, not only was Dr Janet Lubelle crushed by a dead cow that fell from the almighty glowing cloud in the sky (all hail), but we also just literally left her there. for 6 weeks. her corpse AND the cow's corpse. just laying there. FOR SIX WEEKS . GUYS OUR TOWN IS PROBABLY SMELLING LIKE SHIT BY NOW-

(better than street cleaners tho. yeesh-)

#welcome to night vale #wtnv 231 #night vale #night vale presents #wtnv #jeffrey cranor #joseph fink #dr janet lubelle #dr lubelle #glow cloud

[janis-1987]

This is probably gonna be the most self indulgent fanfic I’ve ever written. 

Based on these posts  X, X  by @bulkhummus

This is meant to take place after episode 227 but before the next episode. 

Tw: Violence

 Cecil coughs and spits out a tooth that had been knocked loose from the punch he had just endured from Dr. Jones. It was the last in a series of them from Dr. Lubelle’s team. 

 “Had enough?” Dr. Jones taunts, smirking down at Cecil, convinced that they had won. They had been going about this for a good 15 minutes now, and Cecil had just heard Lubelle take over his show, the man should be begging for mercy about now.

 Cecil can't help the smirk that appears on his face, “Please, my weekly re-education is worse than this.” He taunts his captor and current torturer. It was true after all, this was nothing. It hurt sure, but he had been through worse.   

 Dr. Jones sneers, getting in Cecil’s face, “We will break you Cecil. It is only a matter of time.” 

 Cecil scoffs, “I’d like to see you try.” 

 Dr. Jones glares at him, pulling his head up by his hair, Cecil groans slightly at the feeling but he refuses to say anything. “Is that a challenge?” 

 Cecil doesn't respond, not like he has the time to. Almost immediately after being asked, Dr. Jones lands another punch on his face, this time with brass knuckles, causing a gash in the side of Cecil’s face. Cecil yells out in pain but he will not crack so easily. 

  It takes hours of various torture methods before the scientists start to lose hope. They'd tased him, beat him practically senseless, water-bored him, everything and besides being obviously hurt, Cecil didn't seem any closer to breaking than when they started.

 Dr. Jones stomps his foot, "Ugh! Why won't you just give up already?! Hell, how are you even still alive?"

 Cecil offers no response, squaring his jaw as he prepares himself for whatever is next. He wouldn't give in, he couldn't. He needed to hold firm on this. He would not betray his town or himself.

 Dr. Jones runs his hand through his hair as he paces, frustrated beyond belief. He was almost tempted to let Cecil go. What else was there to do? Cecil didn't care at all what they did to him. There had to be something that would make him tick. Everyone had a weakness of some kind.

 It was then that he was brought back to the night at the Moonlight All Night Diner, the one thing that got under Cecil's skin. He looks to another scientist. "you know, maybe it's time we bring Carlos into this."

 Cecil's head snaps up to look at them and he struggles against his binds. "NO!" He roars, his voice filled with panic.

 Dr. Jones chuckles darkly, there it was, the reaction they'd been dying to get from him, "Ah, so there is something that gets to you."

 Cecil gives Dr. Jones the dirtiest look he's given anyone in his whole life and if looks could kill, Dr. Jones would be dead, "You leave Carlos out of this."

 "And why should I? You are so... Unresponsive to everything else. So the only logical option, would be to bring in the one person that's gotten a reaction from you." Dr. Jones asks with a tone of arrogance.

 Tears fall from Cecil's eyes, and he fights against the restraints violently, injuring his wrists as he does. "Don't you dare! If you bring Carlos into this I'll- I'll-"

 "You'll what? Come on Cecil, threaten me, stoop down to my level, I’m sure Carlos will love that.” He taunts the man before him as he watches him squirm and struggle more desperately than he had the entire time they had been torturing him. 

 Cecil falls silent at that, he can't help but think of his husband and how disappointed he would be in him if he did stoop down to his level, but it was so hard not to. His resolve was cracking now at the idea of his sweet husband, the love of his life, sitting across from him being treated the same way he was being treated, he couldn't let that happen, he wouldn't. Not to mention, what would they do with their son? Who would watch him? No. No, he couldn't spiral like this right now. Finally, he swallows nervously, “I’m being held against my will. I’m sure Sherif Sam would love to arrest you for that and assault.” He says, grasping desperately at straws, he was pretty sure he had said the right things.   Dr. Jones can't help but laugh, “Oh Cecil. Cecil, Cecil, Cecil, even if someone did tell him, they would still have to find you and they would have to get past our security. Face it, you're trapped. And soon, your husband will be too. Unless of course, you start to see things, our way.” He says with a smug smirk on his face.  He looks at the doctor that stands in front of him, his third eye the only one that remains open. he was battered and bruised and honestly exhausted. But he could handle all of that, What he couldn't handle was the idea of his husband, an innocent bystander in all this, being forced to endure this torture. He hangs his head in defeat. He couldn't believe it had come down to this. Betraying his town, the place he loved so dearly, the people he had grown up with, his friendly desert community. He didn't want to do this, but what choice did he have? He loved his town, but he loved his husband more. “Fine.”  Dr. Jones claps his hands together, “Excellent, first things first, we need to figure out that extra eye of yours.” 

#welcome to night vale #wtnv cecil #wtnv #wtnv carlos #dr.lubelle #dr.jones #fanfiction #fan fiction #angst #tw violence #welcome to nightfall fanfiction #wtnv fanfic #wtnv fandom #wtnv fan #my writing

[bloody-bonesaw]

ooo so I’m listening to episode 55 and in it Dr. Kayali says Carlos has been missing for “decades”, which means our theory that 10 years in night vale is equal to one year in the real world is wrong, (assuming that the University of What It Is is located in the real world.) and in fact it’s more likely that ONE year in Night Vale is equal to TEN years in the real world. Does this mean the real world and the desert otherworld are on the same plane of existence? Does the DOW bridge the gap between the real world and Night Vale?

This will also mean that it’s been 80 years in the real world since episode 55, so it would make sense that in episode 210 we hear from a Dr Lubelle instead of Kayali, who is probably dead by now.

I wonder if Carlos left behind children or siblings or nieces and nephews, I wonder if someone Carlos knew as a baby will return older than him and bitter towards him I wonder I wonder I wonder-

#rubbing my silly little hands together and scheming #wtnv

[someonesomewheredown]

The scariest thing with this current story arc is that we probably aren't getting anyone who was explained back. Even if Lubelle gets defeated/kicked out, how are you supposed to un-explain something? Maybe you can pretend to ignore that truth, or come up with some nonsense to "disprove" the facts, but in the end it doesn't change anything. It won't bring back the dead.

#speaking of i think it'd be fun if there's an epilogue-ish episode where people try to un-explain people back #and it kind of works but everyone comes back wrong #and eventually everyone agrees that we have to let go #because even if you try to bring someone back people are just too multifaceted for the perception of others to correctly replicate #welcome to night vale

[itisiives]

All this talk about Cecil Palmer on the Tumblr Sexyman poll reminded me that I haven't checked for WTNV updates in a while, so I did. And, well...

With Dr. Janet Lubelle dispelling the delusion that Sarah is anything more than a fist-sized river rock, the University of What It Is setting out to learn more about Nightvale's supernatural oddity until "there is not a single mystery left", Joseph making appearances in the show and turning the story meta (is that the right word for this occurrence in the story? Idk) to Joseph working on Unlicensed when it's been said that he wouldn't work on another major podcast project until he was finished with WTNV, I think it's safe to say that we're finally starting to see the end of our quirky little town.

Which is... not surprising. The show has been going on for over ten years, now. And quite honestly, there were a few episodes that felt like they were jumping the shark, and many more in which we got to witness incredible milestones for these characters, entering new chapters in their lives and changing relationships. It's coming to the point where it's like: What's left?

Probably nothing.

And though the thought of this story ending does make me want to cry a little, because this podcast has gotten me through some bad times and brought me joy through its characters, and I love Cecil and Carlos and little Esteban and the whole unsettling town, I also am glad that we may be seeing it to its natural end. A good ending that it deserves, and I know that Joseph and Jeffrey are excited and itching to move on to other projects and worlds.

With that said, time to binge Alice Isn't Dead!

#wtnv #welcome to night vale #wtnv spoilers #cecilsweep

[ishipgenfics]

The Glow Cloud, Explained

Well, I was going to try to catch up from where I was but this arc seems really cool so I'm just jumping it. I know who Lubelle is from Tumblr posts, so let's go!

First thought: Oh my god Cecil's voice is so pretty. How did it get even prettier? How. How is this possible.

Second thought: 'After I finish my radio show of course.' Dork. I love him so much.

Third thought: It's odd to have Cecil pointing out that things are weird, but I guess Night Vale is a little more aware of their weirdness since the Huntokar thing. Not explaining of it, no, that's just this lady, but aware.

Fourth thought: Oh my god her voice. She sounds so... condescending. Like, yes, I know what it is best for you, I know the right thing. I know the answer, just go sit in the corner and listen. I've had teachers like her and hated them, they don't listen. That is a perfect voice. I love it, and I hate it.

Fifth thought: Until there is not an ounce of poetry left. Yup. That's a very good line. Unravel everything until there's nothing left of it but string and despair. I kind of get it, I like answers too, but this is... bad. And wrong. Scientists don't act like this. This isn't how science works. If Night Vale is different, you expand your understanding. You don't try to force everything to be the way you think it should be.

Sixth thought: Cecil. Calm down about the lanes.

Seventh thought: My Carlos's science is so interesting to me. It's the way that people look at science, without any of the substance. Beakers and numbers, yes, but what is he actually finding out? And that kind of science, in Night Vale, is safe. (Plus Carlos probably does do actual investigations. We know Cecil is unreliable at time.)

Eight thought: Poor Cecil. I just want to give him a hug, he sounds so scared. He's the Voice of Night Vale. This town is part of him. It is the place where everyone he loves lives. If Lubelle takes all those people away... what is NIght Vale?

Ninth thought: AT LEAST TEN EXOTIC BIRDS TO HAVE A JEWISH SERVICE. IT'S A FUCKING BIRD MINYAN THAT IS AMAZING. God I love NIght Vale.

Tenth thought: It isn't going to work. I've seen the writing on the wall I've heard her mutterings I know it isn't going to work. I'm so sorry. Cecil, Glow Cloud, everyone. I am so sorry.

And now, dear readers, I take you to the weather.

Special Weather Thought 1: Wow, this fits the situation really well. They don't all do this, I'm pretty sure. I've listened to a couple. Maybe I should listen to the weather more.

And we're back!

Eleventh thought: You're just going to write it off as collective hysteria? Sure. Okay. Very scientific, Lubelle. I'd like to see some sources for all this, if you don't mind. Because from what I can tell, mass hysteria can be used as an explanation for LITERALLY ANYTHING. And if the dead animals really are being picked up by dust devils, then why are there so many dust devils around NIght Vale?

I am going to kill you with your own damn logic, Lucelle. You can't keep doing this to my town.

Twelth Thought: No, NO no no no no no no PLEASE. You can't-- but you can. You can do it forever, and it's wrong, and I won't forget. It's the Glow Cloud, and it was real, and it was alive, and you killed it and you are wrong. You are wrong, Lucelle. I am a scientist and I will not forget.

Thirteenth Thought: We are all temporary arrangement of water Lucelle. We are all made of carbon and water and molecules and I know your death date and I am knocking on your door. I will fix this, Cecil. I promise.

Fourteenth Thought: All Hail. All Hail. All Hail.

Fifteenth Though: That child must never return Cecil. We cannot lose it too. It must stay safe and away from Night Vale, until I find a way to fix this.

Sixteenth Thought: Your voice is beautiful, Cecil, and I love you beyond words. Words can be twisted, their meaning and beauty stripped from them. I will not love you in words, Cecil.

Seventeenth Thought: Lucelle, I will fight you with everything I have in me. I will save this town, my town, from you. You may be a scientist, but I am The Scientist. I will stop you. For Cecil. For Night Vale. This I swear.

From the Notes of the Journal of Carlos the Scientist, recorded in full by a representative of the Vague Yet Menacing Government Agency.

#welcome to night vale #wtnv #episode 221 thoughts #maybe i'll just work backwards from here #who knows #i was on episode 125 #or the transcript of 125 #i've actually listened up to 70a I believe #and now 221 #this is confusing #time is confusing #sort of fanfiction

[nofomoartworld]

Hyperallergic: Your Concise New York Art Guide for Fall 2017

Soda_Jerk, still from “Astro Black: We are the Robots” (2010), two-channel video installation with four episodes, 25:24 min (image courtesy apexart)

Overwhelmed by all the art to see this fall? Us too. To make it all slightly more manageable, we’ve compiled a list of fun, insightful, and very New York art exhibitions and events in our yearly fall guide. In addition to perusing this online version, you can look out for print copies of our guide in bookstores, coffee shops, galleries, museums, and nonprofit art spaces around the city.

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September

Sanford Biggers: Selah

When: September 7–October 21 Where: Boesky East (507 W 24th Street, Chelsea, Manhattan)

Whether working in textile, video, sculpture, or performance, Sanford Biggers unflinchingly tackles issues of race and representation in American culture. The centerpiece of this show, “Seated Warrior,” continues his series of bronze sculptures based on traditional African statues, which he collects and then dips in wax or pierces with gunshots. It will be framed by textile works assembled from fragments of antique quilts.

Fellow Travelers

When: September 7–October 21 Where: apexart (291 Church Street, Tribeca, Manhattan)

Space is the place — where we stage allegories of earthly drama. This exhibition, curated by Katherine Rochester, gathers works by seven artists and collectives that project humans onto sci-fi frontiers in order to imagine solutions for seemingly unsolvable problems. Some of the astronauts are interstellar refugees in search of new home bases; others are defiant occupiers who refuse to leave their beloved planets.

Vaginal Davis & Louise Nevelson: Chimera

When: September 8–October 22 Where: Invisible-Exports (89 Eldridge Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan)

Vaginal Davis met Louise Nevelson at a party in the 1980s; the theme was “come as your favorite dead artist.” “I came as Frida Kahlo with mono brow mustache and instead of a monkey in my hair I used a Cabbage Patch doll,” Davis recalls. “No one, including Andy Warhol, knew who I was except the divine Ms. Nevelson—who raved over me.” This exhibition pairs Davis’s paintings executed with makeup and beauty products with two all-black assemblages by Nevelson.

“Jeweled Cover of the Lindau Gospels” (ca. 875), France, manuscript on vellum, gold repoussé, crucifixion and 10 mourning figures, including personifications of the sun and moon; workshop of Charles the Bald, grandson of Charlemagne; on the Lindau Gospels, in Latin; Switzerland, Abbey of St. Gall, between 880 and 899 (purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1901; MS M.1, front cover, © the Morgan Library & Museum, photo by Graham S. Haber)

Magnificent Gems: Medieval Treasure Bindings

When: September 8, 2017–January 7, 2018 Where: Morgan Library & Museum (225 Madison Avenue, Midtown East, Manhattan)

Today, books are a luxury because reading them feels like a rare activity; in the Middle Ages, luxury meant diamonds and sapphires encrusted in your book covers. Some of the glorious few that survive are owned by the Morgan Library, which will display them alongside illuminated manuscripts. The exhibition will connect the treasure bindings to their wealthy patrons and religious contexts, and highlight one of the world’s most impressive examples, the 9th-century Lindau Gospels.

Azikiwe Mohammed: Jimmy’s Thrift of New Davonhaime

When: September 9–October 29 Where: Knockdown Center (52-19 Flushing Avenue, Maspeth, Queens)

Thrift stores offer a glimpse of strangers’ lifestyles, tastes, and pasts. Azikiwe Mohammed portrays the thrift store as a kind of memory bank in Jimmy’s Thrift, which is set in a made-up location, New Davonhaime—a mash-up of the names of the most densely populated black cities in the US. Filled with objects both found and made by the artist, this installation honoring African American lives will grow as visitors contribute to photo albums and record their memories.

McDermott & McGough: The Oscar Wilde Temple

When: September 11–December 2 Where: The Church of the Village (201 W 13th Street, West Village, Manhattan)

Artists Davis McDermott and Peter McGough are building a temple to Oscar Wilde in an unlikely but somehow perfect setting: the Church of the Village. The installation, which includes an altar constructed around a four-foot-tall sculpture of Wilde, will celebrate the writer’s courage in refusing to conceal his homosexuality — and going to prison for it. Two decades in the making, the work will focus on Wilde’s visit to the US in 1882–83, using Catholic iconography as an inspiration.

Alighiero Boetti, “Mappa” (Map, 1988), embroidery on linen on stretcher, 121 x 221 x 3 cm / 47 5/8 x 87 x 1 1/8 in (© 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome; courtesy Kunstmuseum Basel and Sammlung Goetz, München; photo by Wilfried Petzi, Munich)

Arte Povera

When: September 12–October 28 Where: Hauser & Wirth (548 W 22nd Street, Chelsea, Manhattan)

Arte Povera is having a moment. First came Magazzino, a private museum that opened with a show devoted to a champion of the movement; now Hauser & Wirth is giving over its Chelsea space to Ingvild Goetz, a longtime Arte Povera collector. Maybe it’s because the movement, which was anti-commercial and advocated the use of everyday materials in art, emerged during a time of radical political upheaval in Italy — conditions not so unlike our own in the US today.

Ruth Asawa in her studio in 1957 (photo by Imogen Cunningham, © 2017 Imogen Cunningham Trust, courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London)

Ruth Asawa

When: September 13–October 21 Where: David Zwirner (537 W 20th Street, Chelsea, Manhattan)

Ruth Asawa was one of the 120,000 Japanese Americans interned following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Living in a camp with her family between 1942–43, she turned to art, which she continued to pursue for the rest of her life, including enrolling in Black Mountain College. This exhibition gathers her net-like sculptures, paintings, and drawings, as well as photos of her and her work taken by Imogen Cunningham.

Adrian Piper

When: September 14–October 21 Where: Lévy Gorvy (909 Madison Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan)

In this exhibition, the rigorously inquisitive artist Adrian Piper will show “Here,” first conceived in 2008 but executed for the first time, well, here. It consists of three phrases engraved in three languages as a reminder that words aren’t neutral. Alongside it will be The Mythic Being (1973–75), for which Piper took on the persona of a macho man from a blaxploitation film, and “It’s Just Art” (1980), which questions our anesthetization to human suffering.

Sonic Arcade: Shaping Space with Sound

When: September 14, 2017–February 25, 2018 Where: Museum of Arts and Design (2 Columbus Circle, Columbus Circle, Manhattan)

Sound may be invisible and ephemeral, but it’s also palpable and physical. This exhibition explores sound’s “material” qualities: how it travels via waves, is conducted through wires, and bounces off other objects. Visual artists, performers, and designers, including Studio PSK, Make Noise, and others, have created interactive environments to induce visitors to reflect on how their bodies respond to sound.

Rodin at The Met

When: September 16, 2017–January 15, 2018 Where: Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan)

Auguste Rodin, “Orpheus and Eurydice” (modeled probably before 1887, carved 1893), overall 48 3/4 × 31 1/8 × 25 3/8 in. (image courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Thomas F. Ryan, 1910)

So you think you know Auguste Rodin? The French artist was much more versatile than “The Thinker” or his imposing portrait of Balzac. This exhibition of almost 50 works in bronze, marble, terracotta, and plaster — all drawn from the Met’s holdings — brings together some of his greatest hits and some obscure chef d’oeuvres. A selection of paintings by Rodin’s contemporaries, including Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and Claude Monet, complements the array.

Never Built New York

When: September 17, 2017–February 18, 2018 Where: Queens Museum (New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Corona, Queens)

We take most of New York’s landmarks for granted, but they weren’t fated to look the way they do; things could have been different. Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell explore the city’s unrealized histories in Never Built New York, which began as a book and continues as an exhibition. Models, prints, drawings, and other objects offer a glimpse of these forgotten visions, like a National American Indian Memorial in New York Harbor or a Buckminster Fuller dome over Manhattan.

Generation Wealth by Lauren Greenfield

When: September 20, 2017–January 7, 2018 Where: ICP Museum (250 Bowery, Lower East Side, Manhattan)

Versace bags, golf clubs, flutes of champagne, and $100 bills — these are some of the accessories you’ll spot in Lauren Greenfield’s photographs of the ultra-rich. Since the late 1990s, Greenfield has documented wealthy (and highly unsustainable) lifestyles, interviewing the people she meets along the way. Nearly 200 of these photographs will be on display at ICP, along with film footage and quotes from her subjects, whose backgrounds range from banking to fashion.

Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair

When: September 22–24 Where: MoMA PS1 (22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, Queens)

Events devoted to independent publishing are a dime a dozen these days, but Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair was one of the first of this new wave. Going strong in its 12th year, the fair will once again pack MoMA PS1 with established indie presses, artists selling stapled zines, galleries hawking limited editions, and much more. The beauty of the fair is that it truly has something for everyone, whether a rare 1950s mag, a monograph on your favorite artist, or a surprise.

Bushwick Open Studios

When: September 22–24 Where: Various locations (Bushwick, Brooklyn)

Last year, New York City’s biggest open studios event shifted from early summer to early fall and felt a lot less like an industrial chic bar hop. This year, it’s happening slightly earlier, which will hopefully mean studio-goers can catch some lingering summer warmth as they traipse from East Williamsburg to north Bed-Stuy, south Ridgewood, and many points in between points. Be sure to pack snacks and plan strategic caffeine stops as you choose between hundreds of studios.

Louise Bourgeois: An Unfolding Portrait

When: September 24, 2017–January 28, 2018 Where: Museum of Modern Art (11 W 53rd Street, Midtown West, Manhattan)

Beloved for her spider sculptures and enigmatic cell installations, Louise Bourgeois also produced a vast body of works on paper. Her prints and books, many of which are in MoMA’s collection, often revolve around the same symbols and images as her sculptural works, from mother figures to the body. With a focus on printed material, this show comprises roughly 220 works, some of which will be displayed in a special installation in the museum’s atrium.

Christina Quarles, “Butt Hidden in Lacy Groves (Hell Must Be a Pretty Place, Fire n’ Brimestone Allright…)” (2017), acrylic on canvas, 50 × 40 in (image courtesy the artist and David Castillo Gallery, Miami)

Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon

When: September 27, 2017–January 21, 2018 Where: New Museum (235 Bowery, Lower East Side, Manhattan)

This group show aims to complicate the terms we use to discuss gender, via the work of more than 40 artists who examine at it in concert with issues of sexuality, race, class, and ability. Their tactics take many forms, from artists who rework archival materials, like Mickalene Thomas, to others who embrace media formerly dismissed as craft, like Diamond Stingily—whose commissioned braided sculpture will snake from the lobby all the way up to the fourth floor.

José Leonilson: Empty Man

When: September 27, 2017–February 3, 2018 Where: Americas Society (680 Park Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan)

This is the first US solo exhibition for José Leonilson Bezerra Dias, a Brazilian artist who returned to painting in the 1980s, during the last years of the dictatorship. The show will display around 50 of his bright, figurative paintings and drawings, as well as the embroideries he made toward the end of his life, when he was diagnosed with AIDS. Those works in particular are deeply personal, exploring his gay sexuality, Catholic upbringing, and illness.

October

Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World

When: October 6, 2017–January 7, 2018 Where: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1071 Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan)

This major exhibition focuses on two decades — 1989 to 2008 — that the Guggenheim calls “arguably the most transformative period of modern Chinese and recent world history.” That may sound lofty, but the show aims high, seeking to reposition Chinese art as essential to what we consider contemporary (an inevitably Eurocentric premise). Taking over most of the museum, it features some 150 works, including Huang Yong Ping’s cage full of reptiles and insects that will eat each other.

Alberto Savinio

When: October 6, 2017–June 23, 2018 Where: Center for Italian Modern Art (421 Broome Street, Soho, Manhattan)

Alberto Savinio, “L’annunciazione (The Annunciation)” (1932) (Private Collection, © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS) / SIAE, Rome)

Alberto Savinio is not a familiar name outside of Italy, but at home he enjoys the reputation of a Renaissance man and painter of surrealist scenes. The younger brother of Giorgio de Chirico, Savinio was greatly influenced by the Parisian avant-garde art scene of the late 1920s, which is the period this exhibition focuses on. Twenty-five of his paintings will be complemented by sculptures by Louise Bourgeois, who similarly probed childhood and familial memories.

Barbara Hammer: Evidentiary Bodies

When: October 7, 2017–January 28, 2018 Where: Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art (26 Wooster Street, Soho, Manhattan)

Barbara Hammer, an artist who’s been portraying lesbian life and sexuality since the 1970s, has directed more than 80 films. This exhibition will cull both known and previously unseen ones, as well as her works in other media and objects from her archive. From performance art to documentaries on queer women, including Elizabeth Bishop and Hannah Höch, Hammer has a gift for intimate, nuanced, and visually striking storytelling.

Self Storage

When: October 7– 28 Where: Various storage facilities (Long Island City, Queens)

In New York City, having access to storage seems relegated to subway ads rather than lived experience. Flux Factory is drawing attention to this conundrum by accepting the “first month free” promotional offers of various storage facilities in Long Island City and offering them as temporary gallery spaces to artists and organizations. The resulting mini-shows will aptly revolve around “gentrification, consumption, community, resilience, displacement — and storage.”

Modernism on the Ganges: Raghubir Singh Photographs

When: October 11, 2017–January 2, 2018 Where: Met Breuer (945 Madison Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan)

From his beginnings as a photojournalist in the 1960s, Raghubir Singh’s eye was always focused on the streets of India. His photos have the fragmented energy of collages, enhanced by the color slide film he used. This survey will illustrate the artist’s assertion that his work was “on the Ganges side of modernism” and pair his photos with the miniature paintings of the Mughal period that inspired him.

Jane Schneiderman holds a sign reading “Are Politics Dirty? Then Call in the Cleaning Woman” at a parade on Fifth Avenue, November 1, 1915 (image courtesy the Museum of the City of New York)

Beyond Suffrage: 100 Years of Women & Politics in New York

When: October 11, 2017–Summer 2018 Where: Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Avenue, East Harlem, Manhattan)

In 1917, women in New York state gained the right to vote—three years before the passage of the 19th Amendment. This exhibition marks the centennial of that victory by spotlighting the women who’ve shaped New York City’s politics. Beginning with the battle for suffrage and moving through 20th- and 21st-century struggles, the show will use artifacts, documents, clothing, and multimedia materials to tell the ongoing story of women’s political activism.

Ai Weiwei: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

When: October 12, 2017–February 11, 2018 Where: Various locations (New York City)

Using a fence as a symbol for division and the migration crisis isn’t the most imaginative choice, but what Ai Weiwei sometimes lacks in creative thinking he makes up for in aesthetic execution and scale. For this project, the artist will install fences in roughly 300 spots around New York City. All will be site-specific variations on the standard metal wire security fence, making them both attuned to their locations and purposefully out of place.

Judith Bernstein, “Seal of Disbelief” (2017), mixed media on paper, 96 x 96 inches (image courtesy the artist)

Judith Bernstein: Cabinet of Horrors

When: October 13, 2017–February 4, 2018 Where: Drawing Center (35 Wooster Street, Soho, Manhattan)

If there’s any artist whose tone and aesthetic are perfectly suited to the cycles of political outrage and shame in which we’re currently trapped, it’s Judith Bernstein, the sketcher of suggestive screws and exploding anatomies. This show marries a body of work made in response to the Trump presidency — including four large murals and free campaign pins — with a group of apt allegorical drawings from 1995.

Open House New York

When: October 14–15 Where: Various locations (New York City)

Is there a fascinating but off-limits New York City site you’ve been dying to visit for years? This is your weekend to make it happen, although you should make reservations the second they’re available, as popular destinations reach capacity quickly. From glitzy locales like the abandoned City Hall subway station to grimier facilities like the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant and the East Harlem Trash Museum, there’s something for every taste in every borough.

Hiroshi Sugimoto: Gates of Paradise

When: October 20, 2017–January 7, 2018 Where: Japan Society (333 E 47th Street, Midtown East, Manhattan)

In the late 16th century, four Japanese boys were sent to Europe for eight years to learn about Western Christianity. Considered one of the earliest exchanges between Japan and the West, this story is the inspiration for Hiroshi Sugimoto’s new black-and-white photographs, which document sites the boys visited, from the Tower of Pisa to papal courts. The images will be paired with traditional Japanese artworks to illustrate the convergence of two worlds.

Roots of “The Dinner Party”: History in the Making

When: October 20, 2017–March 4, 2018 Where: Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn)

If you’ve ever visited the Brooklyn Museum, chances are you’ve stopped by the Sackler Center for Feminist Art, where a dark gallery houses a triangular table elaborately set for 39 guests: Judy Chicago’s “The Dinner Party” (1974–79), an iconic work of feminist art. This exhibition will delve into the making of it, tracking Chicago’s research and creation process through notebooks, preparatory drawings, test plates, and more. One for the art history nerds.

Gowanus Open Studios

When: October 21–22 Where: Various locations (Gowanus, Brooklyn)

Every fall, Gowanus Open Studios brings droves of adventurous art-lovers to the typically desolate blocks adjacent to the toxic canal to explore hundreds of studios. And whereas Bushwick can feel more like a social scene built around art rather than an area where working artists make a living, the professionalism and eclecticism of the Gowanus community are consistently impressive.

Carolee Schneemann, “Eye Body: 36 Transformative Actions for Camera” (1963), 18 gelatin silver prints, 24 x 20 inches each (the Museum of Modern Art, New York, gift of the artist, © 2017 Carolee Schneemann)

Carolee Schneemann: Kinetic Painting

When: October 22, 2017–March 11, 2018 Where: MoMA PS1 (22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, Queens)

If you were seeking a sign that sexism is alive and well, look no further than the fact that Carolee Schneemann is only now having her first comprehensive retrospective. At 77, Schneemann is still known largely for her landmark performance “Interior Scroll” (1975), but has been making unabashedly feminist work for decades. This show will ground her oeuvre in painting, even as it traces her development in assemblage, performance, and film.

The Sculpture of Gonzalo Fonseca

When: October 25, 2017–February 12, 2018 Where: Noguchi Museum (9-01 33rd Road, Astoria, Queens)

The stone works of Uruguayan sculptor Gonzalo Fonseca look like mini-buildings, archaeological remnants, or toys. Fonseca, who trained under modernist Joaquin Torres-Garcia in the 1940s, saw abstraction as a universal language and was fascinated by Pre-Columbian ruins. This exhibition celebrates his friendship with Noguchi later in life, and includes around 40 objects, from Fonseca’s geometric fountains to his sketchbooks.

November

Françoise Grossen

When: November 2–December 23 Where: Blum & Poe (19 E 66th Street, Upper East Side, Manhattan)

Two years after giving the Swiss-born, New York–based artist her first US survey, Blum & Poe is unspooling more of Françoise Grossen’s startling rope sculptures from the 1960s onward, some of which she recently modified. The abstract but evocative works — formed from thick Manila, cotton, linen, and polyester rope — either hang from the walls or lie on the floor, suggesting human forms at rest or strange animals preparing to pounce.

Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World

When: November 3, 2017–January 28, 2018 Where: Whitney Museum of American Art (99 Gansevoort Street, Meatpacking District, Manhattan)

As it arrives in New York, this retrospective carries with it major controversy over Jimmie Durham’s identity: the artist claims to be Cherokee but is not recognized by any of the Cherokee nations. The questions at the heart of the debate are essential ones: When does appropriation go too far? What are the responsibilities of art institutions? Whose voices are valued? New Yorkers will have the chance to see the show and grapple it in person this fall.

Gordon Matta-Clark and Gerry Hovagimyan working on Conical Intersect (1975) (photo by Harry Gruyaert, © 2017 Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York and David Zwirner, New York)

Gordon Matta-Clark: Anarchitect

When: November 8, 2017–April 8, 2018 Where: Bronx Museum (1040 Grand Concourse, Concourse, the Bronx)

In the 1970s, Gordon Matta-Clark ventured into abandoned tenements in the Bronx and made cuts in the floors, creating disorienting spaces. These acts, which were documented in photographs, led him to carve up other deteriorating buildings in the city. It’s only appropriate, then, that this exhibition take place in the borough that greatly informed his political art. Highlights include his hand-painted photos of graffiti and rare materials from his archive.

Nina Chanel Abney

When: November 9–December 20 Where: Jack Shainman Gallery (513 W 20th Street, Chelsea, Manhattan)

Nina Chanel Abney’s paintings are sort of like puzzles: jam-packed with figures, shapes, and symbols and difficult to decipher. Her themes are clear — racism, the frenetic pace of 21st-century life — but Abney’s approach is never didactic. Instead, she organizes her canvases to appear chaotic and often comedic, yet they’re always controlled. Her first solo show at Jack Shainman Gallery will feature new works in her trademark style.

Transformer: Native Art in Light and Sound

When: November 10, 2017–January 6, 2019 Where: National Museum of the American Indian (1 Bowling Green, Financial District, Manhattan)

While contemporary Native art practices are often characterized in terms of their traditional antecedents, the 10 artists featured here explore indigenous issues via new media. Through video projections, sound art, digital installations, and more, the artists — including Raven Chacon (Diné), Marcella Ernest (Ojibwe), Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit), and Keli Mashburn (Osage) — offer a view of the plurality of Native American experiences in the 21st century.

Doreen Garner and Kenya (Robinson): White Man On a Pedestal (WMOAP)

When: November 10–December 17 Where: Pioneer Works (159 Pioneer Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn)

Doreen Garner and Kenya (Robinson), “Dr. James Marion Sims,” White Man On a Pedestal, Pioneer Works (2017) (image © Allyson Lupovich)

In this show, Doreen Garner and Kenya (Robinson) will dissect the dominant figure for much of Western history: the straight, white male. Through her research on Dr. J. Marion Sims, the “father of modern gynecology,” Garner gives form to the exploitation of black women’s bodies in the name of science. (Robinson) will turn a sculpture of a white-collar white dude she’s been carrying in her pocket since 2013 into an army of 10,000 figures she plans to bury at the show’s end.

Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer

When: November 13, 2017–February 12, 2018 Where: Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan)

Of the four Renaissance masters who went on to become Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, none wields quite as much ass-kicking art-historical might as Michelangelo. Yet at the core of his delicate “David,” complex Sistine Chapel frescoes, and exquisite “Piéta” are the same refined draughtsmanship and sharp design. This exhibition’s 150 drawings, three marble sculptures, wooden architectural model, and very first painting by Michelangelo aim to give a fuller sense of his foundations.

Erwin Redl: Whiteout

When: November 13, 2017–April 15, 2018 Where: Madison Square Park (between Fifth & Madison Avenues, E 23rd & 26th Streets, Flatiron District, Manhattan)

One of the joys of winter in New York is when the parks are blanketed in luminous snow, which often melts away too quickly. Erwin Redl’s installation in Madison Square Park might seemingly prolong this experience. The artist, who generally works on the façades of buildings, will install hundreds of spheres filled with white LED lights over the park’s Oval Lawn so that they float and sway in the wind.

Obdurate Space: Architecture of Donald Judd

When: November 14, 2017–March 5, 2018 Where: Center for Architecture (536 LaGuardia Place, Greenwich Village, Manhattan)

For those who have visited Donald Judd’s home, it’s clear the man had opinions about architecture and space. In addition to designing monumental minimalist sculpture, he also developed architectural projects and proposals, some of which were never published. This exhibition will share five of the designs he created between 1984 and 1994, including his proposal for a downtown lakefront in Cleveland and his concrete structures at Marfa, Texas.

Edvard Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed

When: November 15, 2017–February 4, 2018 Where: Met Breuer (945 Madison Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan)

This ambitious exhibition attempts to reassess Edvard Munch’s oeuvre through the lens of one of his haunting late paintings, “Self-Portrait: Between the Clock and the Bed” (1940–43). The show includes 16 works that haven’t been seen in the US before, alongside dozens of others, all arranged thematically. The goal is to demonstrate that Munch was as essential to art in the 20th century as he was in the 19th, when he first painted “The Scream” (which, notably, is not in the show).

The Estate of General Idea

When: November 30, 2017–January 13, 2018 Where: Mitchell-Innes & Nash (534 W 26th Street, Chelsea, Manhattan)

We’re pretty excited about this one, as it’s General Idea’s first solo show in New York City since an exhibition at MoMA in 1996. Founded by AA Bronson, Felix Partz, and Jorge Zontal in Toronto in 1969, the collective has consistently tackled taboo subjects, especially pertaining to sexuality. This exhibition will focus on the group’s tamer but still visually grabbing Ziggurat Paintings, which were made between 1968–86 and play with the ancient Mesopotamian form.

December

Shinji Murakami, “Sunset” (in collaboration with Rachel Monosov and CTG Collective) (2017), LED, two-way mirror, computer, digital animated image, aluminium, metal frame and electric (© Catinca Tabacaru Gallery)

Shinji Murakami

When: December 8, 2017–January 14, 2018 Where: Catinca Tabacaru Gallery (250 Broome Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan)

Chances are you know about the Nintendo Game Boy but not its inventor, Gunpei Yokoi. The artist Shinji Murakami uses Yokoi’s video game designs as inspiration, particularly the latter’s belief that playfulness and fun are more important than sophisticated technology. Be prepared to be enveloped by Murakami’s pixelated, LED world, which has its roots in 1990s game culture.

Endless Editions

When: December 15, 2017–January 28, 2018 Where: Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space (120 Essex Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan)

In his short story “The Library of Babel,” Jorge Luis Borges imagines a universe made entirely of books. Inspired by this image of endless tomes, writer and programmer Jonathan Basile will host a printmaking workshop in the gallery; visitors will be able to create their own books, which will join a library there. Authors will also have the chance to take a computer programming seminar and participate in public readings.

With contributions by Jillian Steinhauer, Benjamin Sutton, and Elisa Wouk Almino.

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sneak peak at the "Janet survives" wip im working on

Will probably release tonight or tomorrow

Darkness, fury, and the smell of meat. These were the things that greeted Janet Lubelle upon a cruel awakening, her ribs throbbing and head spinning, breath coming in short and stifled gasps. Her mouth was full of blood and no one came to save her.

Darkness, fury, and the smell of rotting flesh. She faded in and out of consciousness, stars exploding between her eyes, and still no one came. For the first time in over thirty years, she was entirely alone.

Darkness, fury, and a vision swimming before her eyes. Janet blinked against the phantom silhouette of Carlos Robles over her. "You're still here?" he asked. "I thought one of your team would have come to check on you by now." Janet glared up at him, realizing that she could only see him out of one eye. "Fuck you, Carlos, for taking everything from me. I may not have explained you away, but one day I will return, and if necessary, I will channel the bastardized logic of your town to come back from the dead and haunt you til the ends of the earth. So watch out, because I'm coming for you," she tried to say. All that came out was a rasp of "Caarrrrrlossssssss." She tried to scream but nothing came out. When the mirage faded she was alone again.

This time she didn't fall unconscious, and with a jolt she realized that this was because she was dying. Janet flailed her limbs. Her left knee met resistance, but from the thigh down her right one felt free, and a few fingers in her right hand flexed with the effort. She could no longer breathe, whether because the carcass on top of hers had shifted, or because she'd exhausted what little oxygen remained in this fleshy prison. She tried to move her head and gagged at the smell.

I will move it, she thought. I will move it because if I don't, I will die, and I cannot die like this. She pushed upward with the strength of hips that could bench press three times her body weight and tried to grasp at the sagging flesh of the dead cow with her wriggling fingers. After a moment she gave up and let her body fall slack again.

This is it, this is how I die, she thought. Can I make peace with that? There was still so much she hadn't done, things she hadn't explained and revenge that hadn't been exacted. There were still test tubes somewhere, bubbling with liquid she'd exacted from the body of Dana Cardinal's double. There were still stars to be observed and dimmed. Every single traitor to the University of What It Is would stand against her, and Carlos Robles - fucking Carlos Robles with his brown eyes full of stupid pity and his bitch husband full of stupid ideas, would stand in front of them. I will NOT make peace with that! I will make war with that because I! WILL! NOT! DIE!

Janet tried to scream again, and this time felt the sound tearing through her throat. With all the strength left in her broken body, she ground her heels into the corpse and shoved. She felt her left knee strain as she forced it up at an unnatural angle, felt the pressure intense, and felt the dull CRACK as her bone shattered. She bit back a cry and kept shoving, until her arm came free and she could lift with that as well.

And, after an hour that was probably only a minute or so, the cow moved and Janet rolled over to the side. A cloud of sand puffed up around them as it settled back into the dust, and she coughed. Coughed again. Inhaled fresh air of a world she was still alive to breathe in. Perhaps she began to laugh.

"Carlos," she rasped out as the stars dimmed above her. They had never looked so beautiful.

Nilanjana found her in the desert, bloodsoaked and still bleeding, missing an eye and with a bone exposed, lips chapped and skin cracked, having lost too much oxygen and even more blood, with a grand total three teeth knocked out and seven bones broken - and yet, somehow, she was still alive.

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