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dorothy16 · 11 months

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#andy mientus #krysta rodriguez #michael arden #tonys 2023 #tonys after party #parade bw #jenny anderson #me edits

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hitthebrickspod · 1 year

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A runaway balloon, a giant purple cow, and talking pigs; uncover the origin of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Hit the Bricks Intermission: I'm Still Here Now Playing. https://hitthebricks.com/intermission

CAST: Christopher Dole (Arden) — Oscar Diggs Karim Kronfli (The Amelia Project, The Magnus Archives) — Mr. Smith Josh Rubino (CARAVAN, Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins) — Professor Swyne, Barney Marnie Warner (The Way We Haunt Now, Where the Stars Fell) — Mrs. Swyne Benji Buckley (Dark Deity, Full Dive RPG) — Pastoria Emma Sherr-Ziarko (Wolf359, Unseen) — Mombi Michael Hammer — Sherif Diggs Ester Ellis (Station Blue, Dungeons and Daddies) — The Guardian

Townsfolk played by: David Russell Regular Pat Aeba Peyton Stephens

Jordan Higgs — Jacoby PJ Scott-Blankenship — Wallace Keilidh Hamilton-Maureira — Lurline and Michelle Agresti as Jessi

Intro music and "When the Circus Comes to Town" were arranged by David Russell, featuring songs by A.P. Harbor

Artwork by Chandler Candela Dialogue clean up and editing done by Travis Reeves Sound design by Ester Ellis

Written and directed by PJ Scott-Blankenship, based on the works of L. Frank Baum.

You could have listened to this early and adfree on Nebula: http://nebula.tv/hitthebricks

#The wizard of oz #audio drama #oz #l. frank baum #the oz books

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artist-ellen · 2 years

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"Oh Father! Jeweled shoes!!!"

Nessarose, Elphaba's younger sister. In the play Elphaba is essentially allowed to attend Shiz under the condition of looking after Nessa. Their father, the Minister of Munchkinland, is very protective of Nessa and doting (in contrast to Elphaba who he is very cruel to. In the books they have a third sibling, but he doesn't really factor into books 1 &2 so I don't know much about him).

In Nessarose we can see how the Shiz uniform is "supposed to" look, and gather an idea of how the supporting cast's uniform would be based on. Navy/mid blues, the style similarities, etc.

Quick Note: having disability rep in stories/theater is good....... BUT this is one of those cases where it's not really positive representation. Instead Nessa "can't" be played by a wheelchair user, the script eventually calls for her disability to be "cured" by the Red Shoes (Ruby Slippers) and for her to stand/walk later in the production for her villain arc. Also lines like "beautifully tragic" and a lot of her stage-time/ role in the story is devoted to her wanting to be "normal", and the majority of her relationships (romantic and familial) are based on guilt and pity. Sooooo.... we've still got an awfully way long way to - I have heard of more recent productions (of other plays) and how they have incorporated their actor's disabilities into the show in creative and very successful ways. ASL in a production of Hamlet, Michael Arden’s Spring Awakening and Next to Normal being some examples.

edit: deepest apologies I am stupid and learning. Thank you @lillyjen!

I am the artist!!! Don’t repost without permission & credit! Thank you! Come visit me over on: instagram.com/ellen.artistic

#nessarose #wicked #wicked the musical #redesigning heroines #redesigning musicals #book redesign #lnart #redesigning book characters #character design #historical costuming #costume design

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garadinervi · 6 months

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Seeing in Tongues, Edited and Designed by James Knight, Steel Incisors, 2023 (book here) (pdf here)

An anthology of contemporary visual poetry, including work by Muhammed Yusuf Aktekin, Brian Baker, Gary Barwin, Jay Besemer, Richard Biddle, C D Boyland, ReVerse Butcher, Kenneth M Cale, Susie Campbell, Richard Carter, Burak Ş Çelik, Theodoros Chiotis, George Clutterbuck, Madelaine Culver, Amanda Earl, Alexis Fedorjaczenko, Emma Filtness, S J Fowler, Sylee Gore, Arden Hunter, Victoria Kaye, James Kearns, Robert Frede Kenter, Laura Kerr, Michelle Moloney King, James Knight, Ayşe Kongur, Emma Levin, Emma Mitchell, Bob Modem, Sophia Mold, Morphic Rooms, Mette Norrie, Michael L Orr, Michelle Penn, Konstantinos Papacharalampos, Astra Papachristodoulou, Dan Power, Dave Read, Imogen Reid, Rasiqra Revulva, Hakan Şarkdemir, J P Seabright, Rachel Smith, Chris Stephenson, Samuel Strathman, Nic Stringer, Stephen Sunderland, Michael Sutton, Simon Tyrrell, Hayriye Ünal, Nico Vassilakis, Maggs Vibo, Martin Wakefield & Bob Modem, Katy Wimhurst, Paul Woodford, Mark Wynne and Jill Zheng

#graphic design #art #visual poetry #book #cover #book cover #james knight #steel incisors #2020s

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yojfull · 5 months

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I just did a reread of the entire October Daye series to look for breadcrumbs and hints in the earlier books towards some of the big reveals. The following contains spoilers for all books through An Innocent Sleep, so I’m hiding it all under a cut.

As of Book 18, we have found both Oberon and Titania hiding out in relatively minor characters in the San Francisco area, as well as Janet, and it’s clearly hinted that Maeve is also in the neighborhood. Janet was a housewife in Berkeley, Oberon was a cop in San Francisco, and Titania was October’s changeling friend Stacy. Upon rereading, there were more clues for Titania than Oberon or Janet, but there was also more time building that story. Accordingly, I think Maeve will have more breadcrumbs as well. The following is a list of potential candidates, and the arguments for and against them through the whole series.

There are clues scattered throughout, but especially in the last 3 books. From Be The Serpent - “[find] Mom lurking under a rock somewhere. Or maybe a pier. She always did like the water.” When we get to Sleep No More and An Innocent Sleep, the question is who has been shoved outside the main bubble, or is back when they should be gone?

Here is my list of candidates, in no particular order:

Lily

She’s a very rare type of fae, but her powers are extremely restricted by location. She’s strongly tied to water, and has been keeping an eye on Amandine and October for many years. Her court is one of the oldest independents in the region, but she stays out of politics. She also knows about Luna and her ties to Blind Michael. On the other hand, we’re pretty sure she died in Late Eclipses, which might be a problem.

Marcia

There’s a reason this seems to be the most popular fan theory. She’s a weak unspecified changeling who has been there from the very beginning, present at many critical moments, with often inexplicable immunity or reactions. She steps up to be seneschal of Goldengreen, she has no fear of the night haunts, she loves pixies, and resists transformation by Simon (One Salt Sea is a big book for Marcia). In Chimes at Midnight, she reacts to King Giliad discussions as if she remembers him. She is unphased by meeting multiple Firstborn (Ludiaeg and Amphitrite and Eira). Eira also fails to transform her, or she escapes the transformation somehow. We also never see a description of the smell of her magic. She does not appear in Titania’s mirror universe, but we don’t ever go to Goldengreen, so she may still be there. The only real argument against Marcia is she’s too obvious.

Marianne

We haven't met her directly in the novels, but the Windermere’s nursemaid comes up a number of times, saving Arden and Nolan from Oleander and death in the earthquake, helping hide them for years after. While she is missing, Nolan is convinced she is still alive, and brings Marcia to the Duchy of Ships to help him search for her. The biggest arguments come from the novella, Once Broken Faith, where Marianne tells a story with the sentence “because she was happy then, my sweet girl” in reference to Luidaeg, strongly implying Marianne has a sense of ownership. Titania is called “her father's other wife”, which again hints at Marianne being her mother.

Melly

Hob in Shadowed Hills, Kerry's mother. She fits the pattern of background characters close to October, but her inclusion in Titania's illusions makes it less likely.

Mary the Roane

Another background character with significant impact, but her level of contact with the Luidaeg as her mother makes her unlikely.

Julie

Another background character with strong ties to October, and changeling status, plus a transformation type. She does mysteriously vanish in the fight with Titania, but Seanan indicated in a Tumblr post that was an editing hiccup (or was that a false trail?) Her desire to kill October at various points is probably the biggest argument against her as Maeve.

January

One of the people Titania shoves out of the way in her illusion, but also, January *creates* things. She made the first cyberdryad. She died and was resurrected. October says “There had probably been some reason she needed Jan’s existence to keep her reality from crumbling, but i couldn’t think of what it might be”

Minna

Offhand mention in Sleep No More, she deposited servants at Dreaming Glass and vanished. Too offhand for such a major player.

Helmi

Maeve is a creature of the water and the deep, and the most maternal of the three - her presence in Saltmist still gives her visibility to the land, but keeps her safe in the depths, away from Titania’s purview. She's more background than some of the other candidates, with no real unexpected capabilities. Like Marianne, some of the strongest evidence is in the novellas.

My slightly more complicated hypothesis: much like Titania had multiple pasts, Maeve too has gone through multiple identities, in 1906, she was Marianne, the Windemere’s nursemaid, and she sacrificed that version of herself for their survival, becoming Marcia. This explains both why Marcia recalls Giliad, as well as some of the signs pointing to Marianne.

#october daye #dont read seanan #seanan mcguire #spoilers #be the serpent #an innocent sleep #one salt sea #chimes at midnight #fan theory #leaving off character tags that might be spoilers #the luidaeg #rosemary and rue #sleep no more #late eclipses #once Broken Faith

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offbookkeeping · 8 months

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okay this is semi obscure but i will now be listing off my favorite off book episodes that you should absolutely listen to right now

(not in any particular order)

• 277. wine from the hospital floor with addie weyrich

• 165. one two tree with eliza skinner

• 146. bachelor quest with the 2 johnnies

• 118. barn of darkness with paul sabourin

• 87. what's in thrift store with sasheer zamata

• 13. attorney at love with nicole parker

• 4. curses curses curses with jamie denbo

• 283. all black everything with ross bryant

• 229. breadtime: who will survive with rachel bloom

• soap opera! with kelly marie tran

• 224. the other scottish play with katie berry

• 83. night at the natural history museum with janet varney and steve berg

• 247. a single pull up to save the president with peter benifaz

• 209. non stop socks! with lilan bowden

• 275. this book only happens when you read it with rashawn scott

• 270. PMS: perpetual mischief season with gilli nissim

• 196. get haim to the greek with shaun diston

• 189. anything goes: in montana with demi adejuyigbe

• 198. can i compare you to a cheese? with sherry cola

• 177. trashassic trash with nick mandernach

• 161. clear eyes, full hearts with arden myrin

• 114. billionaires and future children with carl tart

• 23. o little town of doggywood with paul f thompkins and nicole parker

• 21. murder on the picturesque express with scott aukerman

• 299. clueless: a paints mcspectrum mystery with scott aukerman

• 102. love island: normal edition with elliot glazer

• 29. reborn in the fire with rachel bloom

248. cowminal house (animal house where the animal is a cow) with brendan dowling

• 88. tacoma valley with douglas widick

• 213. moms, bombs, and dante's gone with laci mosly

• 271. kisses to my critics with tim murray

• 250. intermission! with alice stanley jr

• a seastar is born with jeff hiller

• 80. candy crushin' it with mark mcconville

• 81. sean cullen live at sketchfest

• 99. mirage à trois with lucas hazlett

• 102. the cat five and the bad boys with heather anne campbell and nick wiger

• 73. The Dr & the Beast with D'Arcy Carden

• 74. actually, love with matt rogers

• 291. every place i cry live at permanent records

• 110. keeping pace with pace with the cooties

• 75. a cup of christmas with paul f thompkins and nicole parker

• 66. we object to fear

• 228. mariah who are ya? with matt rogers

• 34. zigging through time with ross bryant

• 96. summer stock: the musical with joel kim booster

• 290. the podcast about a ride about a show about YOU with tony rodiguez

• 6. wolf/tuck:LIVE! with d'arcy carden and paul scheer

• 11. shift your north: LIVE! with griffen newman and michael cruz kayne

• 18. touched by a gabriel with ashley ward

#off book #off book podcast #zach and jess #jess mckenna #jessica mckenna #is this too niche #i'm totally normal about this podcast #hahahahahaha im doing fine #autism

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libraryspectre · 1 year

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23 Books for 2023

Thank you @ninja-muse for tagging me! Here's 23 books I'd like to read in 2023.

1. How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

2. Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

3. What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

4. The Narrow by Kate Alice Marshall

5. Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson

6. The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang

7. No Gods for Drowning by Hailey Piper

8. Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire

9. A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

10. Katie by Michael McDowell

11. The Sundial by Shirley Jackson

12. When Villains Rise by Rebecca Schaeffer

13. The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon

14. The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison

15. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

16. The Ruins by Scott Smith

17. Rebecca by Daphne Du Marier

18. The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon

19. Red X by David Demchuk

20. Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

21. Dark Waters by Katherine Arden

22. Thirteen Storeys by Jonathan Sims

23. Babel by R. F. Kuang

So there ya go! It'll be fun to check back in a year and see how many I actually read lol

Edit: editing this post as I go!

#2023 reading goals

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byneddiedingo · 1 year

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Michael Redgrave in Mr. Arkadin (Orson Welles, 1955)

Cast: Orson Welles, Robert Arden, Patricia Medina, Michael Redgrave, Akim Tamiroff, Katina Paxinou, Mischa Auer, Peter van Eyck, Paola Mori, Suzanne Flon. Screenplay: Orson Welles. Cinematography: Jean Bourgoin. Art direction: Orson Welles. Film editing: Renzo Lucidi, William Morton, Orson Welles. Music: Paul Misraki.

"What if?" is the question that haunts every Orson Welles film after Citizen Kane (1941). What if Welles had had the financial, production, and distribution support for his films? Of none of them is the question more appropriate than Mr. Arkadin, which was edited by other hands than Welles's and not even shown in the United States until 1962, and at one point was said to exist in at least seven different versions. In 2006, the Criterion Collection released a three-DVD set that edited together all of the existing English-language versions of the film, following what was known of Welles's original plan, along with his comments on some of the other versions that had been released. It's probably as close as we're going to get to what the director had in mind. So what if Mr. Arkadin had been under Welles's control all along? Would we have a more coherent narrative and style? Would the protagonist, Guy Van Stratten, have been played by a more skilled actor than Robert Arden? (It's a role that would have been perfect for someone like William Holden.) Would Welles have called on the best makeup artists to provide himself with a more convincing prosthetic nose and a wig and beard whose edges don't show? Would the function and the fate of Patricia Medina's character, Mily, have been clearer? And does any of this really matter? For what we have here, despite Welles's later description of the film (or its handling) as a "disaster," is one of the most fascinating works in his storied, troubled career. There are sequences that are haunting, even if their purpose in the film is unclear, such as the procession of the penitentes, who in their tall, pointed hoods look like exactly what Mily mistakes them for: "crazy ku kluxers." Or the Goyaesque masks at Arkadin's ball. Or the sequence of truly wonderful cameo performances, including a hair-netted Michael Redgrave as the junk dealer Burgomil Trebitsch, who keeps trying to sell Van Stratten a busted telescope (which he pronounces "telly-o-scope"). Or Mischa Auer as the proprietor of a flea circus. Or Katina Paxinou as a Mexican (?) woman named Sophie. And then there's one of Welles's most celebrated speeches, perhaps second only to his "cuckoo clock" monologue in The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949), in which Arkadin tells the fable of the scorpion and the frog. Though analogues have been found in folklore around the world, this particular formulation of it seems to have been Welles's own:

This scorpion wanted to cross a river, so he asked the frog to carry him. No, said the frog, no thank you. If I let you on my back you may sting me and the sting of the scorpion is death. Now, where, asked the scorpion, is the logic in that? For scorpions always try to be logical. If I sting you, you will die. I will drown. So, the frog was convinced and allowed the scorpion on his back. But, just in the middle of the river, he felt a terrible pain and realized that, after all, the scorpion had stung him. Logic! Cried the dying frog as he started under, bearing the scorpion down with him. There is no logic in this! I know, said the scorpion, but I can't help it -- it's my character.

Perhaps it was Welles's character that betrayed him into making movies that flopped but turned into classics.

#Mr. Arkadin #Orson Welles #Michael Redgrave

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cellsshapedlikestars · 1 year

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What are some of your favorite novels?

oooh a tough question. I went through a pretentious phase in my early 20s where I read a lot of books I'm not actually sure I enjoyed?? Then I went through a non-fiction phase and have a bunch of non-fiction books I absolutely ADORE. Then I sort of stopped reading. So I honestly haven't read too many adult non-fantasy, non-mystery novels that I enjoyed?

I always have a stock answer, that my favorite novel is American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I've honestly loved everything he's written. Second favorite is maybe the Ocean at the End of the Lane.

A lot of the books I absolutely adore are fantasy books I read as a kid. Tamora Pierce, Patricia C Wrede, Garth Nix, etc.

Adult fantasy/sci-fi: Patrick Rothsfuss (though I think he's gonna pull a GRRM and never finish the series), the City of Brass series by SA Chakraborty, the Bear & the Nightingale by Katherine Arden, Themis Files by Sylvain Neuvel

I also love mystery books, my favorite series being the Dublin Murder Squad by Tana French (the 2nd book especially. book 1 sort of inspired some of Mongrel Heart, so there's that lol). I also tend to like Ruth Ware's thrillers. I used to read a lot of Scandinavian detective novels, but honestly they're a little too depressing for me anymore. Same with the pretentious novels I used to read like Michael Chabon & all the random books I picked up while I worked at Barnes & Noble.

Looking at my bookcase, there's a book called Freddy & Fredericka by Mark Halpren that I remember really enjoying, though it's been YEARS. When I was much younger, I liked the book Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, though again, it's been years since I read it and I was a different person back them. I remember also liking a bunch of short story compilations in my pretentious phase that will take me too long to find & type here.

**gonna add an edit here to say one of the window guys just came to ask me about the Dresden Files books in my upstairs bookcase and I sadly had to tell him that while I liked the first few, I hated a decision that was made & stopped reading after that. Such wasted potential.

#cellsshapedlikeasks

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terramythos · 1 year

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Be The Serpent by Seanan McGuire Reading Notes

Full Review Here!

So general notes - i was pretty disappointed in 15 but this one has been hyped up. I'm anticipating the Marcia twist but we shall see. Book 8 was a game changer so 16 could also be "Planned since the beginning" ok OK ok One -"Look like an innocent flower, But be the serpent under it." Oh this is Marcia for sure -ok that was a recap chapter (please be the only one) but the deliberate focus on Dean is for my suspicions Two -if we don't end up with Quentin 's sister taking the throne or some shit so he keeps living with Toby I will actually be shocked -quentin "no title yet" you fucking smart-ass -OK Toby that's ominous. What else DO you plan to do -the luidaeg! My friend the luidaeg -an interesting bit about how purebloods tend to forget "recent" stuff if it didn't affect them personally. And the mention of oberon's wives. Soooo sus. -we keep mentioning the Queens :)))) -simon! My friend Simon -me: man why is Luna being such a bitch to Simon *remembers what he did* oh uh actually that's pretty valid -still always going to be amused that Simon ended up replacing Sylvester as awk dad figure. SIMON of all characters. Probably one of the best things the series pulled off -we bringing back the events of book three? We mentioning blind Michael's "children"? Sus. SUS. -Simon:(((((( Three -TOBY HUGGING SIMON HITS. IT HITS MAN. -lmfao "buried history waiting to blow up in your face" that isn't a sus innocuous line at all -Damn look at this shit paying off from Ages ago -lmao arden customer service voice -obviously being a dick to Toby is more important than letting your daughter into your life, Luna. Girlboss -and the newest found family member is *stares at notes*... R-rayseline? -everyone is burning Luna... but whats this? It's Dianda with the steel chair! -this is so funny cause Raysel is like. The FINAL book one enemy character to become an ally. I think we got all of them now. Honestly not sure I expected it but it makes sense considering lmao -role reversal pokemon, all it took was sixteen books of character development Four -the scent of roses overlaying the whole brown household. And unspeakably ancient roses at that. Like. It's GOTTA be a Queen right. Gotta be I can't think what else. Titania is the most obvs option, but iirc Maeve has a connection to the Rose Roads, right? -the Stacy "no significant others" thing is still ultra sus esp considering how many children she herself has. And them like all being seers. At least the girls. -but I think this narrows down 'who's the secret baddie' to 'not stacy' at least. ((LATER NOTE: LOL LMAO ROFL)) -mfw the title is actually in the story. Has that fucking happened before??? -poor Jessica. Wasn't expecting a kid to get killed off in such a gruesome way -it's odd because the memory seems to be edited so Toby doesn't see who killed Jessica. And Anthony doesn't recognize her. BUT Jessica says "I know her and I can't know her and I WONT know her" which! What does that mean! -like that makes sense if she's one of the Queens. And we have confirmation (?) That the perpetrator is a woman. -and the voice is unfamiliar to Toby, but does that mean anything really -presumably this has to be a character we have met. And like. Obvs my suspicion is Marcia. No guarantee there yet but... since Marcias signature has been notably absent, to have such a strong focus on this woman's magical signature is notable, imo. -and where is Stacy in all this? I guess one interp is she's the one who did it and got... possessed? -Maeve hasn't been outright murderously evil in what little we have gotten of her. So if it's either faerie queen I guess it would have to be Titania right -which. OK. If it's Marcia I'm still basically right I just didn't assume she was EVIL just that she was HIDING something. -and the authors note all but says this was a long con. Like it's GOTTA be SOMEONE we know. Five -there's also a lot of reflection on book one characters and who they used to be. Which. IF ITS MARCIA. -also a lot of book three references and parallels what with the brown family being attacked and big relevant to the plot -which circles back to Maeve, not titania, because blind Michael was hers. And he had the whole Ride thing. And the extended Tam Lin reference happened in that book. -god I will be honest I have no idea why they're all seers though. You got me there. -quentin going Royal Diplomatic mode is always fun -Oh boy is it adventure time with Simon? That's always fun. He is the guy on the cover I think -no way is this Just Evening that would be dumb -ok so there's a line about the direct children of Firstborn having a strong manifestation of the powers their "line" will have. Considering the context of all of Stacy's children being incredibly rare Seers that implies some Stuff -human heritage does not preclude someone from being a Firstborn. Amandine's mother was human-- Janet. Who's to say there wasn't another human woman? OR that Janet didn't have multiple kids? OR one of the QUEENS had a male human consort? -one could also use a hope chest or dochas sidhe to emphasize their human lineage and disguise who they really are. (Notably this concept applies to, you guessed it, Marcia). -this theory is basically that Stacy is a Firstborn. Which would be pretty wild. But it would make blind Michael targeting her family less coincidence and more deliberate -consider also how weird Stacy is about her children dating people. Especially odd considering she herself has had so many kids. -"this is my father Simon Lorden" is a string of words no one would fucking expect Toby to say yet here we are Six -yeesh quentin why are you resenting Toby for like not being dead -"if anyone was going to hurt me, it wasn't going to be [Stacy]" holy fucking shit what a way to immediately frame her as suspicious -she is pretty sus right now and the bit about her surviving by being sweet and non threatening DOES apply to the Shakespeare quote. -toby does confirm it couldn't be her as there was literally no trace of blood anywhere which. Boy do I hope so -..... oh my god is there a CANON reason for Toby's tendency to dismiss vital information. That would be insane -so if Stacy was compelled the question still remains re: who and why. Because they've got to be a character we know. I'm adamant about that. -lmao the magic being booby trapped? Seven -something important and at least a little bit time sensitive -- that sounds VERY familiar but I can't remember from where. Fuck. -it could be a compulsion spell but could it also be a geas? Can they mentally affect people that dramatically? -like stacy seems docile and controlled, not like an evil mastermind. -oh God did Toby get turned into a human. That seems. Hm -I think that actually did happen VERY briefly in another book -but she still has magic so might have been an involuntary blood shift. That has also happened before -so it seems like whatever trap was on Stacy nullifies magic? ... which would mean Toby can't super heal. Or interact with the fae world, maybe? And it's not just her since Quentin also got hit. -i assume that's like a plot device that will go away but sure is a problem! -i am going to SCREAM the whole scene with the GATEKEEPER and trying to trick him with the leaves is THE EXACT THING SHE DOES TO MARCIA IN THE FIRST BOOK. Like are you kidding me. -We are also going to a lot of book one locales. It isn't one to one, but... the Brown's house? A Safeway, specifically? Past a gatekeeper into a (different) park? -im glad the phones still work, probably because it's mortal technology. -.... why did Stacy react badly to Simon. -... unless that's not her? -FAERIE OINTMENT YOU SAY. -MARCIA NEEDS IT, YOU SAY. SHE IS IN GOLDENGREEN WHERE YOU SHOULD PROBABLY GO, YOU SAY. Eight -that's one hell of a trick because it seems to create illusions just so those affected can't perceive magic. Which as Toby mentions, even humans can a little bit. -"if I wasn't married I would have kissed her" October Daye and her latent bisexuality -THE LINE ABOUT MULTIPLE REALITIES AND ONLY PERCEIVING A FEW???? THERE IS A THROWAWAY LINE IN ANOTHER BOOK ABOUT MARCIA BEING ABLE TO SEE BETWEEN RELAITIES THAT NEVER EVER GETS ADDRESSED. I AM GOING TO STRANGLE SOMEONE Nine -oh cool we're setting up a future thing for evening waking up and trying to reclaim Simon, looking forward to that one -october just said with Certainty the smell wasn't Maeve's roses. I'd think that.... probably narrows it down? Probably indicates titania? Shit is fucky but Toby is a bloodhound, it would be difficult to fool her. -but not impossible. *staring at Marcia* -walther! My friend Walther. In distress -yes fucking YELL at Oberon we love to see it -oh so like, valid reason to keep the eldritch deep realms sealed from the rest of faerie. I see. -using someone else's blood for magic could falsely incriminate them and disguise evidence, you say? -haha! Uh oh! -soooo why is this oberons fault. -is it titania. Is it. Is it her Ten -the luidaeg being terrified would yes, indicate titania. -holy lore dump batman -i mean it's all stuff we kind of Been Knew just grouped together in an understandable narrative -but yeah, line about titanias descendents coming into the Maeve descendents homes and murdering them sure is. Apt. -OH COOL. canon reason for the Rides. Probably bad we uh stopped doing those, all things considered. As bad as human sacrifice is, I feel like a wound in reality destroying everything is a little worse. -was blind Michael replacing the Rides? Or was it just a bland imitation for "he was crazy" reasons -and another reference to fairy gold -titania disguised as the least among them. And stacy having weird fucking kids and not wanting them to reproduce and make their own lines. Like. It makes sense. -but it isn't outright confirmed yet. It's a good twist if so tho -LIKE. MAN. -went on a whole rant but this actually makes me even more suspicious of Marcia cause like. It's a lot. There's themes. There's NEW themes and callbacks in this book alone. Dying on this hill -did an entire crazy wall w/ Katy I won't recreate here lmfao Eleven -"like we were always meant to end up here" lmao shut the fuck up -god the luidaeg is so fucking cool. Jarring to hear her call the Brown kids children of Titania -OK the whole exchange about the Ellylon firstborn is sus as fuuuck. It would be soooo funny if it was Jin or something. Like Jin is the only Ellylon we've met right? Or at least the only real significant one? To be clear I don't think thats the case but it would make this scene incredibly funny. -The Luidaeg really living up to her mythology with the whole stealing children thing (even if it's for good reasons) -poor mitch :( -the line about her geas and mitch knowing the woman who did it better than he knows is. Oof. Burn -god I love the luidaeg --there was a big reading gap here, I restarted the chapter Twelve -i do have to wonder if Stacy is *really* gone forever. Obvs titania is still bad enough that she murdered one of her kids -the Stacy is gone quote might be The Quote even if it's a spoiler -the luidaeg says Stacy never rightly existed/wasn't a real person, but is that really true? Is the person an amnesia victim becomes less of a person if they regain their old memories and experiences later? Of course not. -the fucking LINE about Maeve hiding under a rock or a pier. AND her loving the water. Is such blatant fucking foreshadowing for Marcia. I don't know what else to even call it. Goldengreen is in a cliff (rock) with a plot critical pier in it next to the ocean (water). Marcia was under the protection of a water fae (Lily, an Undine) before she got killed off. Like. -way way way too much stuff lines up that this book draws attention to. If it's a red herring that comes off as poor writing to me because it's pointless and unfair to do that without a damn good justification. I'd like to THINK McGuire wouldn't do something that cheap. It would be "series rage quit" for me -"alone, the way she always seemed to be." Mmmm. Hm. -I think we are addressing the "Oberon kind of breaks the story" bit decently well. I'm interested to see the role he plays here. Thirteen -"faerie is built on a foundation of falsehoods and hidden truths" how to describe this series in a nutshell -yeah call Oberon out for being a shithead and uh, causing the deaths of dozens of innocent children -an interesting comparison between Eira's compulsion and Oberon's. His sucks but is framed as slightly better because you're aware of it -oberon... does kind of break the world a little. He just gives Toby the answer to her problems here. There is a heavy emphasis on him being a god. I'm questioning how long he can remain an entity in the story, or at least one that is neutral-good to the protagonists. I could see him being killed off as an excuse to have this kind of crazy power (his blood) out of reach for the rest of the series. Would also be a "redemption equals death" type thing. Conceivably Titania or Maeve COULD kill him, it's vaguely implied they have ways to kill each other. Hmmm -I mean hell it's implied anyone can kill Titania, at least, if they have the right weapon and distraction -simon isn't biologically related to her but Toby is PISSED at the implication he isn't her father. On some level I'm like "yeah we get it" but on the other I eat that shit up -"I decided to stab Oberon at the earliest reasonable opportunity" because of what he (temporarily!) did to Simon. God damn, Toby. -like it makes sense mind control would be a trigger considering his story arc. -the music playing in the house is so creepy dude -THE LINE ABOUT THE SMELL OF CINNAMON. STACY STANDING IN THE KITCHEN MAKING CINAMMON PANCAKES. I AM ACTUALLY SCREAMING. this EXACT THING happens with Marcia in an earlier book. And there's a super heavy emphasis on the smell of cinnamon. Which is SUPER WEIRD and a red herring in context because the disposable bad guy of the book has cinnamon in his magic signature. (And there was no reason for her to have been doing it. It didn't serve a plot function.) -The mask kind of cracking with her calling Tybalt a dick like, to his face, but not like it matters at all in context -also. More deliberate book one references -yup definitely gradual mask cracking. Now just burning Toby for existing -Stacy being evil is ALSO like, the last book one "ally" to turn antagonist. Parallel with Rayseline turning into an ally this same book. I guess there's still some more minor characters like Danny that haven't had a moral shift yet. But... -poor Toby:( -tobyyy :( -like you would expect this to Suck and be Emotionally Harrowing and all but. Boy it sure is. Fourteen -this is soooo oof. God. -the transitions between Stacy and Titania are very well done. -and Stacy begging Toby to kill her. God. -this is good but there are some... weird things in terms of the writing. like. -a lot of back and forth between whether Stacy was ever real or an individual but that contradiction isn't ever really... noted. Both have been conclusively stated which isn't really possible. It is a little confusing -also they made a big deal about Stacy calling Blind Michael a "beast" because of the connotations re: Tybalt. But then Toby straight up calls a vine construct restraining her a "terrible beast". That's just a little odd. A little unfortunate. -maeve if you're out there *staring at Marcia* now would be the time -in before tybalt with the steel chair -calling titania collateral damage in the quest to kill Stacy is an. Interesting reversal -the #lore that Titania can't harm Toby like. Makes sense, but seems very convenient lmao. Like how else would Toby get out of this situation I guess. -the line about heroes always losing because they have scrupules while villains don't is too real -then again titania calling herself a villain seems a little on the nose. Villains rarely think they are. Something something hero of their own story something. Maybe that's nitpicky or pedantic to say? I just hoped for something other than a mustache twirling cartoon villain. Stacy adds a little nuance but she is for all intents and purposes gone -ok it's a LITTLE better that titania blackmails Toby and makes it personal. I can excuse that angle to the whole "do no harm" loophole. Even if we have definitely seen it before (Brightest Fell Amandine, anyone?) -her whole "no one can stop me" bit. MAEVE. IF YOURE OUT THERE *STARING AT MARCIA* -because Oberon wouldn't kill his wife, but his other wife who has every reason to hate her might -oh we have Social Commentary with the whole "don't kick the can for the next generation to deal with" bit. -so ok this does seem like an impossible situation to get out of. My guess is Toby finds an irresistible distraction for Titania and kills her while she isn't paying attention. I don't think we can seal Titania away for later at this point. I think she does genuinely need to be killed off this book or everything breaks. OR the conflict extends directly into next book, but that would be unusual for the series. Then again killing off such a major player set up for so long in the same book she gets revealed is a little underwhelming, the shock value and emotional turmoil aside. So who knows -maybe throw her into the reality wound like they did with Maeve (who we know is alive and semi-aware so presumably is no longer plugging the hole. MARCIA.) -what kind of distraction would work, though? I doubt toby'd use the Brown children as bait. Titania cares about Eira, so perhaps her? -then again if we kill off titania what in the world happens for the rest of the series. WHO is going to be a bigger bad than her. Maeve? Oberon? Theyre supposedly equals power-wise. It starts getting into DBZ territory if we go much further. -there's the implication about dangerous unknowable horrors in the sealed realms so we might go with that, but it would be a departure from Faerie lore. Probably. And McGuire's Incryptid series kinda just did the cosmic horror thing. -iirc Annwn wasn't that terrifying but it IS the only deep realm we've seen. -absolute crack theory: annwn gets unsealed and Riordan comes out but the unknowable horrors have transformed her into... the NEW big bad (this is a joke). Fifteen -oh wow this is the first time tybalt's had much bite in a long time. He's mostly been the trophy boyfriend/husband for a few books lmao -and that's it for that -an Observation I'd like to make is both the Queens are associated with roses. But Oberon really isn't; drinking his blood banishes their aroma at this part. Yet the only Firstborn we know of who is descended directly from JUST Oberon (+ a human) has prominent roses in her magic signature (Amandine). Why is that? -the "oops, all infiltrators" line genuinely got me. That was fucking funny. -MENTIONED DEAN AGAIN. Sixteen -can I just say the minor "Stacy is weird about her kids dating and a couple of them are Seers somehow, which is rare enough to beggar belief" detail turning into THIS, and SELLING IT, was quite a fucking feat. -back to the "Stacy is a separate entity" thing. I guess she's both but the whole "she never existed" thing being tossed around is so contradictory -a liminal state? I guess that's a good way to describe it -nice callback to the confirmation that Maeve is alive that I cited on the crazy wall earlier. -THE LINE "She's alive. She's just not showing her face right now." I am going to scream -like Faerie would be out of balance if Titania were freed. Specifically because Maeve is MIA -Maeve, if you're out there, literally nothing would be funnier than revealing it this book *stares at Marcia* -"she's probably somewhere nearby" you are taking the piss at this point -God Oberon you sure are a dick -oberon: *makes a bunch of problems* how could destiny do this to me -yup here's the setup for "the next big threat". Please don't dbz on us -i like the weather report metaphor to explain why the Three obscure prophecy -gosh we need SOME way to NOT KILL TITANIA but ALSO keep the Browns alive. Some way to maintain the balance. GOSH. I WONDER HOW YOU WOULD DO THAT. *stares at Marcia* -who could break the geas? The Luidaeg: Toby! Me: wait what -oh the spellbreaking thing right. That's like her secondary power that's almost never relevant -for fucks sake mate -*"Kill The Sun" by Xandria plays* -"he was never me, but I was always him." (About Thornton. Themes.) -Maeve if you're out the-- *shot* -so easy we just need October and Oberon to fix this. I'm sure it will go as planned with nothing out of the ordinary to come fuck it up somehow -guess I inadvertently called the "using the Browns as bait" thing Seventeen -i do low key wish the other leads got to go with Toby on the dangerous endgame confrontation like ever. I feel like we've had this exact "Toby explaining why May can't come along" speech for the last 8 books. -quentin is going to go shelter with Dean, you say. Presumably in Saltmist. You say. Innocuously not going home with everyone else. You say. -Maeve, if you're out there, there will never be a funnier time *stares at Marcia* -tybalt stop acting weird challenge -oh boy it's intentional. Yikes. Yikes! I like the detail that Toby figured it out right away tho -toby discovering what Maeve's magic looks like and basically saying she should be able to identify it now. Oh my GOD. Are we really doing this is it happening -a little disturbed by the implication that a Dochas Sidhe could destroy the Shadow Roads given enough power and determination -so the fact that magical constructs can become self aware under the right conditions (the knowes, Roads, etc) comes up enough that I think it's going to be Very Relevant soon. I wonder if it has something to do with the larger threat this book alludes to -i think oberons blood probably draws on life energy which is why Toby is so hungry. Eighteen -quentin still at Muir Woods o_o -oh Sylvester is fucking painting a red shirt on. Good fucking god, man. -I like him disliking Titania despite her being his ancestor tho lmao -is it actually Sylvester on the cover and not Simon? Wild -sure is interesting that the knowe art is showing scenes from MUCH earlier books. -yeah Sylvester maybe if you weren't such a cowardly prick the fish thing WOULDNT have happened (though to be fair that means the series also would not have happened. So) -SIMON RESISTING TITANIA YOU LOVE TO SEE IT. MY FRIEND SIMON -oh boy have we mentioned Blind Michael a lot a lot a lot this book. ->can't see quentin with the others Oh boy I fucking wonder. -pained anticipation noises Nineteen -love titania calling all the Three's descendents property if the metaphor wasn't clear enough -having an argument with a literal goddess is oddly grounding. Mundane? -lore lore lore lore lore lore lore lore -so the Heart is some big crystal that made the Three? -bye bye Stacy:( -tony mentions the feeling of unconscious worship of Titania as being like what she felt around Evening and the False Queen. But it specifically calls me back to Blind Michael. -so we banish Titania for later. Figures -poor Toby:( Twenty -no way do they fucking kill off Simon here like. Come on -I like the kinda symbolism of Toby healing Simon, the man not biologically related to her, but her father nonetheless, with her own blood. -oh so Toby's pregnant. That's. A Thing. -dreaming of their house. Which presumably they're not going back to. -"It made me wonder how many other things I'd never noticed." What a fucking LINE. Twenty One -"at our current rate we should run into [Maeve] before the end of the year" I am going to strangle something -yeah why WAS Titania able to control Tybalt but not Simon? Like. She compelled Sylvester to stab Simon and they're twins, genetically identical... right? And it's not because he's been compelled before (by Evening) because so has Tybalt. And he's not immune to compulsion itself (see Evening again). So what gives -unless there's something fucky with Simon specifically. But we know he's Daoine Sidhe because August was half Daoine Sidhe. -HMMM. -the Luidaeg would have LEFT THE BROWN CHILDREN TO DIE in book three if she'd known they were Titania's kids.. She says it and she can't lie. Yikes. Especially like grimly ironic considering how protective she became of Karen and Cassandra. -ok so we know the Luidaeg took Toby under her wing PARTIALLY because she saw what a horrific parent Amandine was. There was a whole short story about it. But to know she was also grooming Toby to break the spell on her? HMMMMMMM. -oh my god -the Luidaeg refuses to let Toby do it because she KNOWS she would try to run away. Which means she wouldn't be there to help Toby and the rest of Faerie. I don't know if it's possible to like The Luidaeg more. -simon: damn did you just chew out Oberon? You ARE my daughter! :D -the canon Sylvester apology. You love to see it -shadow Roads don't hate Toby so much! That's nice. Twenty-Two -yeah pregnant -OH I'm glad "Titania disappeared teehee" isn't a future plot bomb and is literally paying off right now a couple pages before the end of the book. Fuck me. -oh boy what the fuck is happening Twenty-Three -oh my fucking god. -cliffhanger cliffhanger cliffhanger. We don't really get those in this series! Huh! -the final line punched me in the gut dude -well, shit. -so is Toby trapped in a dream world? I feel like probably no, because there's the mention of the cat? Who has to be Tybalt, right? -so the question is if August, then presumably Amandine and Simon (I assume he's "Father") are real or constructs or what. It seems that Toby is isolated so it would be possible to maintain an illusion -but Titania is a goddess so. Could she make it happen?

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