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booksbookandmorebooks · 4 years

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The shining : Movie VS Book!

Hello my lovelies and welcome back! Today im going to be bringing you one of my favourite posts to write. The inevitable and on going war between movie adaptations and the books they originated from. Due to the fact im not only am I a huge book nerd im also a huge movie buff so this is always so much fun for me, today Im going to be looking at my most recent read, the amazing novel by Stephen king ‘The Shining’. Now to start with im going to be looking at certain differences quite thoroughly and others I will just list below for a quick skim read. Have fun and I hope you enjoy this post!

To begin with incase you have been living under a rock for the last 39 years im going to give you a quick run down of the story thanks to a little website called IMDB.

Signing a contract, Jack Torrance, a normal writer and former teacher agrees to take care of a hotel which has a long, violent past that puts everyone in the hotel in a nervous situation. While Jack slowly gets more violent and angry of his life, his son, Danny, tries to use a special talent, the "Shining", to inform the people outside about whatever that is going on in the hotel.

Jacks mental health

The way jack is depicted in the movie: from the get go its as if he’s completely given in to the hotel and its urges and desires within a matter of 20 minutes. Yet in the book we see his character fight throughout and try to remain strong against all of the hotels temptations and hallucinations designed to trigger something in jack. We even see jack fighting to the very last moment in the book, fighting the entity as it begins to take over every last human thought in his head while breaking the hotels bond with his body for a split second and reminding Danny (his son) how much he loves him and to run away while he can.

The explanation of the shining ability:

The explanation of the shining is more in depth in the book, not only that but there is a huge plot point missing from the movie, Mr Halloran who shares the gift of shining has a special bond with Danny due to this shared skill and is so much more intense in the book. Mr Halloran is seen training Danny in one scene to send him these strong telepathic messages, little clips of audio that Danny can send him in case he ever finds himself or his mother in danger. Which is why Mr Halloran comes to check on the family, not because of a hunch which is the way the movies decides to go. I much prefer the books version of this due to the fact it makes the story even more crazy and gives so much more of an interesting character arc.

Jacks issues with his wife:

Jack shows a lot of resentment for his wife in both movie and book but in the book we see it initially start with issues they faced as a couple, jacks obsessive drinking and anger issues, his occasional violent tendencies towards his son which ultimately result in many conversations about potential separation and divorce as we see the screaming resentment present on both sides of the couple, while in the book it is very one sided and is portrayed in an almost bullying manner on jacks part towards his wife and feels very misplaced as it lacks an explanation. There is the obvious blame on the hotels entity which is where I believe most people would think this anger comes from but in the book it’s a lot more clever as we see the hotel build on the issues already there and exacerbates them.

Jacks issues with his son:

We see jack ending up showing extreme jealousy of his son Danny in the movie due to the fact this is the first thing jack has been granted real responsibility for and been trusted with since the loss of his job due to an altercation with a problem student but also the first time he’s felt in control and able to prove himself as a reliable role model since his attack on his child. So his dedication to this hotel is tangled up with this insatiable and incessant need to prove himself which is why his obsession and strong love for this place is the catalyst for his jealousy towards Danny once he realises the hotel only wants Danny but will settle for the parents as an almost type of collateral damage/second thought. Something jack cannot and simply will not accept.

The most iconic scenes:

Any fans of the movie will be left in total shock once you have read the book due to its straight up lack of iconic scenes. Something that although I had never seen the movie knew of and was left disappointed as I was so excited to see these haunting scenes written in Stephen king’s hand! The most famous scenes we see from the movie are amongst them missing are

· The elevator of blood

· The twin flashback in the hall

· Danny’s rides around the hotel in his bike

· There is no beautiful lady that turns into a rotting corpse, just the vile evil old lady.

· And the most shocking of all was there is no ‘Here’s Johnny!’ moment.

When I came to this scene in the book, I was so excited to see the original scenes where this revered and well known scene had be born and when I realised it was missing I found myself reading this page over and over to see if id surely missed it! But sadly, not guys.

The death of the hotel:

The ending of the hotel – the movie has a somewhat creepier ending as we see the hotel still standing and has taken jack as a spiritual prisoner, one we know will be used to torment the next set of family members that reside in the hotel over the winter break. While the book shows the hotel go up in flames due to another huge missed plot point in the book. We learn that the boiler needs consistent assistance and if they are not checked twice a day and the pressure released, they will explode. So due to the events that take place at the climax of the book/story this is a job is we see completely forgotten about and is then used as a end to the book and hotel as it goes up in a fiery messy.

Smaller details that differ:

· The number of the hotel room the old lady in bathtub resides was originally 213 but was changed in the movie due to the requests of the hotel it was filmed in as they were concerned potential guests would be swayed from staying there due to the nature of the movie.

·Jacks weapon of choice in the movie is an axe yet in the book it is a mallet.

· In the movie we never see why jack is going for an interview as it is mentioned in the first few minutes, he lost his previous job but is never delved into. In the book it is explained that jack was a teacher and has a problem teenager in his class that after being accused of cheating was found slashing jacks tired in the parking lot, in which we see jack snap and beat the child to a pulp. Resulting in his termination at the school.

· The hedge maze is also a massive difference we see in both movie and book. One I can understand why they decided to change. In the book we hear of huge hedge shaped animals that come to life and not only guard the hotel and keep the family prisoners but also attack people. Something that I can imagine would be not only hard to show but difficult to depict in a movie without making it look tacky. There are just somethings that would not adapt well into live action.

·Jacks death in the movie was something of a disappointment to me. I felt really deflated that there was this massive build up and we are just presented with an intense chase and a hard cut to him frozen in the hedge. The books version of jack’s death was so much more interesting! In an altercation between him and Wendy on the stairs, we seem him chasing her and hitting her repeatedly in the back with his mallet, as she takes one big breath she reaches around a stabs jack in the back expecting him to die but due to control the hotel has over jacks body it sustains him and continues moving as him but we later find out he did die from that stab wound and it was not him towards the end of the scene in control anymore.

so thats all i have for you guys, im sure there are a few i missed but Thanks for reading my post and I hope you have a fantastic day!

#Stephen king #stanley kubrick #The shining #The shinning #Diane johnson #80s #80s movies #80s horror #Horror movie #Thriller #Doctor sleep #80s thriller movies #Movie vs book

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bian-cake · 5 years

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the classroom

Pairing: Oscar “spooky” Diaz x Reader

i just wanted to write some oscar imagine because i just love him, i mean his character.

Im sorry if this is not that good, It’s my first time writing. So I hope you guys take it easy on me and i hope you like it ;)

*tick-tock-tick-tock* (Y/N) was looking at the clock from her seat in class as it was about to be dismissal time and was SO ready to head out class and so were her friends Jamal and Ruby.

As the bell rang, everyone headed out of the classroom. We were the lasts ones,Jamal was sitting at the table in front of me while saying “(Y/N) hurry! i thought you guys want to go to the mall? jeez, i love you (Y/N) but you gotta hurry up.” he said jokingly while looking outside as people were racing for the door. “yeah! you know my hynas can’t get enough of me, they don’t know it, but i know they love looking at this piece of ass” he says with confidence which made (Y/N) roll her eyes and looked at him with disgust saying “ew! first of all what ass? and second of all what hynas?? ” you snarked at him. “oh you know... this delicious piece of a~...” Jamal interrupted and continued for him *with an attitude and raising an eyebrow* “... that ass, that does not belong to (Y/N). We all know only one ass belongs to (Y/N) and that ass belongs to...”

*boom* the door slams into the wall Jamal was not able to continue that sentence as he and everyone was suddenly shocked.

A big figure , so calm and present was approaching them which changed the atmosphere so quickly. It was Oscar. The Oscar who only wore his big gray shirt on top of a loose black long sleeves and his cross chain necklace and a teardrop just at the bottom of his right eye. oh it was definitely Oscar “Spooky” Diaz. \

He walked inside the classroom,his head tilted up a bit, eyes as clear as glass, and as mysterious as he could be looking down at all three of you but mostly (Y/N) and his little smirk with his lips pink and shiny which looked like little pillows just sent shivers down (Y/N) spine.

“have you kids seen Cesar?” were the words that came out off his mouth.

Jamal automatically shakes his head giving Oscar what he wants to know right away as he is scared shitless.

Ruby acting like his hombre saying “no holmes” while acting so chill making Oscar look at him in a way making his forehead wrinkle because Ruby is not his holmes. Then Ruby saw his reaction which made him straighten up and like a soldier and say “i mean, no, i haven’t seen him��

Then he changes his expression from ~wth?~ from talking to Ruby to a very empathic and welcoming expression when he looked at (Y/N). He looked like he wanted (Y/N) to answer as he was standing in front of her. She was looking up into his eyes almost getting lost in them, which made you just want to stare at them all day, as you were sitting on a chair.

“How bout you, princesa? have you seen Cesar?” Oscar says looking down at her, scanning her crossed legs as it was out in the open, she was wearing shorts, examining her whole body. He glanced at her boobs for a second as she was wearing a revealing top but it was her style she loved having to wear anything that made her feel confident. Then he looked back into (Y/N)’s eyes.

“uhm, no, i, i haven’t seen Cesar all day...” (Y/N) says almost nonchalantly trying her best to hide her excitement. Oscar smiles at (Y/N) “are you sure, mamita?” he askes as he just wanted to talk to her.

“uhhmm sure ye suree we will be there. yeah! oh! you want Ruby and I to go there... ok we’ll be there in no time” Jamal shouted suddenly pretending to be on the phone with somebody that needs their help so bad. His acting was as good as those telanovelas that Ruby’s Abuelita watches every night.“who’s that?” Ruby asks gullably. Jamal widens his eyes at Ruby and pulls his shirt “Abuelita needs our help with decorating your room” he says to Ruby.

“But i don’t have a room~” Ruby says “you do now” Jamal exclaims as he pulls on Ruby’s shirts and both of them leaving the classroom. Ruby and Jamal wave at (Y/N) as if saying bye and giving Oscar and (Y/N) some privacy.

While that whole short skit by Jamal just happened, Oscar did not take his eyes off of her. He looks at (Y/N) while lightly laying one hand on her right leg. As he was so mesmerized by how smooth and tanned it looks. “how are you mamasita? I want to take you and your fine ass out on a date. Go out with me tonight. I’ll pick you up 7:30 at your house with my red Cadillac, wear something sexy” he demands trying to convince (Y/N) to go out with him.

“Why what’s with tonight? what’s the occasion?” (Y/N) answers with a question being chill and hiding her excitement from him while zipping her bag as she had all her books and pens inside it. She likes the feeling of his hand touching his legs but in a way that makes her skin tingle and shiver leaving goose bumps all over body.

Oscar sees that she like that his hand is on her because Oscar lowkey sees and feels goose bumps appearing on her legs. “Are you cold mamasita?” he asks wanting to give you a jacket but he didn’t have any. “No I’m fine, I just touched the cold drink in my bag.” She says trying to make an excuse.

“Mamasita, you look very sexy” he admires her just sitting there. He leans into her face so close that that (Y/N) can feel his breathe on her cheeks making her scared yet submit to his demand of wanting (Y/N) to go out with him. “Be ready by 7:00, princesa” He smiles and glances at (Y/N) looking at her lips, he licks his lips, making (Y/N) want to kiss it ,her lips was just wide enough hoping he’ll kiss her, before she could he instantly leans in and kisses he lips. She moans a little as this is what she wanted all along. He moaned a little too after he heard her moan into his mouth. His tongue playing round her mouth. He really wanted to taste what she tasted like. As he kissed her, she didn’t disappoint, she tasted sweet.

Their temperature rises even more as things got more interesting. He grabs onto his neck pulling herself closer to him making her back arch with every tingle she feels as he kisses her mouth. She liked how he made her feel. She liked how he took over her mouth. He moved his hand from her legs to her waist, both his hands grabbing her waist and pulling her up closer to him. Both your bodies bump into each other as he squeezes you into his grasp. Her boobs are pressed against his chest. She feel his hands move down slowly from her waist down to her hips, then slowly moving down once again finally cupping her ass cheeks. He caresses it as it turned him on. Slowly carressing and massaging her soft yet firm hot piece of ass, it made him feel like there are butterflies in his stomach, it was filling him with evil, devil-ish ideas of what he could do to you right there in the classroom, filling his mind with lust and sexual things.

Suddenly, his stiff package pressing against her lower abdomen, making her loins burn with everything that he’s doing to her. He slides his mouth to her neck. (Y/N) was trying so hard to catch her breath as Oscar just kept on going at her.

What the hell are we doing?? She silently thinks and questions the current situation. It was 5:45 in the afternoon and no one is looking for either of them.

(Y/N) didn’t hate that Oscar was kissing her, in fact she loved the feeling of his skin gently brushing against hers, they’re exchanging breathes and sweat.

After a hot moment he then says “wait, baby, let me lift you up, come here” then he goes down on her, positioning his hands on her lower butt cheeks hoisting her up making it easier for him to kiss her lips and taste her.

(Y/N) moans quite a bit as he was taking over her mouth. He had both his hands carrying her weight with his buff, muscular arms. Her arms running all over him, feeling his broad shoulders, running it up to his nape and scalp then down to his strong arms. All of him turned her on.

“You like that, babygirl?” he asks in between kisses.

“yes “ she moaned

“I want you” she whimpered at his dominance.

“your making me wet, baby” She says while catching her breath.

“o yeah? Let me deal with that at home, ok babe? We can’t have sex here at your classroom, mamasita” he smirked with a devil-ish grin at how turned on he made her feel right there and then.

Her panties were wet, and she was ready but he just had to tease her and leave her hanging.

“no fair! Ur just gonna leave me like this?” She said as she was frustrated

“Im gonna handle that wet situation after our date okay?” he looks (Y/N)’s eyes.

Oscar pecks (Y/N)’s lips and smacks her ass one last time, w/c made her whimper and squeal out a little shout as that left a stinging pain but that pain actually felt good, before putting her legs back down examining her figute one last time. As gently as possible he made sure you weren’t hurt. (Y/N) was his everything and she didn’t know it yet but that was what’s on his mind and he just wanted to make her feel that way, to be his and only his. Oscar smiles at her and fixes her hair and clothes for it was all messed up after that make out session. He puts her shorts down as if fixing it in the right places and putting her back pack on her. (Y/N) was like in a trans, she couldn’t say anything.

Her arms led to his neck and she looked at his charming eyes. “I’ll be ready by 8 in a dress” she tells him.

“I won’t be late” he answers back.

“...don’t be coz underneath the dress i won’t be wearing any bra nor panty” she teases him as she was getting him back for teasing her.

He bites his lips and looks at (Y/N)’s lips as if wanting to kiss it more.

“You freaky, ma! Das why im claiming you, bebesita!” He says playfully “can’t wait to see you later , and see you without that dress...”

They both part ways now.

You could not wait for the time to be 8 when you could continue where you guys left off.

[let me know if you guys want a part 2]

Have a great day, everyone!

#oscar #spooky #diaz #on my block #oscar spooky diaz #imagine #reader

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sigurdjarlson · 5 years

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Because I never get tired of pestering you with OC questions: Your OCs as dungeon/raid bosses! How would a fight with them go? Any snappy boss lines spring to mind? How do they react upon victory/defeat? (I can imagine Diily with her million pets as adds, and Ladelia spouting terrible fire puns)

I feel like a three part raid with all theee simultaneously would be an absolute HELLSCAPE..(I know nothing about making a raid/raid bosses so for all I know this is ridiculously OP but hey its for fun-)

Diily - ranged boss who has a small mini boss with her, Wildheart. She also summons adds but they’re obviously weaker than Wildheart for mechanics sake.

I feel like she has somewhat stealthy approach, being a huntress. She’s quick and hard to keep track of. Especially with Wildheart or other adds on your ass.

And especially with Alaluria and Ladelia on the field (yikes)

Alaluria

She is melee and an absolute pain in the ass to kite/tank. All the usual demon hunter powers and also maybe on..normal we add Shadowclaw to the fight too hm? A weaker add but one nonetheless because lbr my girls would have their cats in a fight.

Ladelia

Ranged but also dangerous close up. Constantly dropping comets on your ass. If the fire doesn’t kill you the bad puns will! Sets the floor on fire. All kinds of fun stuff

Heroic - +Morningflower with Ladelia along with Wildy and Shadow

Mythic: +Brightheart who is no joke as an add. “Mother’s fury.” Buff and some brutal attacks. Or something like that.

Other mechanics

Sisterhood buff - increased attack and damage reduction when within a certain range of each other

Grief stricken - killing one will enrage the others. Each has a different sort of enrage. I would suggest killing Diily first. It would be..unwise to kill them in front of her.

Diily can revive Wildheart on Heroic Difficulty and up but will be unable to revive any of the other cats.

Ladelia will polymorph your ass. It’s not fun. Interrupt her

I just want heroic or mythic Alaluria to have a buff “well prepared” because well..

Diily Taunts

- “At least try to make this hunt interesting for me.”

- “Dinner time. Isn’t it, Wildheart?”

- “I’ll let them eat you alive for that.”

- “Catch me if you can.”

- “I do love the thrill of the hunt.”

- “Cat got your tongue?”

- “I don’t think they like you very much..”

- “It’s not too late run. I’ll even give you a heads start..but after that. The hunt is on.”

- “I promise I won’t bite…but she [Wildheart] will.”

- “I’ve been doing this since before you were born, surrender now. You don’t stand a chance.”

- “even children know not to mess with a nightsaber’s cubs.” (Brightheart summon)

- “I don’t envy you. She’s…a little overprotective..” (Brightheart summon)

- “lets call this..natural selection.”

- “there’s a reason they’re [sabers] at the top of the food chain, you know.”

- “Disappointing.” (Player death variant)

- “You should have run faster.” (Player death variant)

- “I told you to run.” (Raid wipe)

- “Such a waste. Why didn’t you listen?” (Raid wipe)

- “I didn’t want to hurt you..but then you tried to hurt my sisters and that is something I will not tolerate.” (Raid wipe)

- “I admit I enjoyed myself. A good hunt but I’ve had better.” (Raid wipe)

Alaluria taunts

- “Demons are more worthy prey than you.”

- “I wonder if your soul is worth anything. Doubtful.”

- “What? Are you expecting me to yell you are not prepared?”

- “Is that all you’ve got?”

- “I’m not even breaking a sweat.”

- “I could do this all day..”

- “I’ve fought felhounds more challenging than you.”

- “I can taste your fear.”

- “Won’t you just die already?”

- “you think I’m scared of you? I’m the monster here. It’s you who should be running from me.”

- “Pathetic.” (Player death variant)

- “Hardly worth my time.” (Player death variant)

- “Well, I guess he [Illidan] was right the first time around. You weren’t prepared.” (Raid wipe)

- “you could have at least made it a little challenging.” (Raid wipe)

- “I’m fine. Stop fussing. We have a mess to clean up.” [At Diily]” (Raid Wipe)

- “Nice gear…hm…you know, I’ll be taking that.” (Raid wipe)

Ladelia

- “Burn, baby, Burn”

- “It seems things are finally beginning to heat up.”

- “If you can’t take the heat…”

- “Say bahhhhh-“ (polymorph)

- “Does anyone else remember the floor is lava game? Let’s see if I remember how it goes..”

- “Now look you’ve got me all fired up.”

- “want to see a magic trick? I’ll need a few volunteers..”

- “liar liar pants on fire”

- “Like a moth to a flame.”

- “I’ll smoke you out.”

- “didn’t anyone ever teach you not to play with fire?” (Player death variant)

- “Maybe try being a little less..flammable.” (Player death variant)

- “That looked like it hurt.” (Player death variant)

- “I’d almost pity you if you weren’t trying to kill us.” (Raid wipe)

- “There you go kits [their sabers]. A home cooked meal just for you..uh sorry it’s a little burnt.” (Raid wipe)

- “Can we go now? I’m tired, hungry and would really like to wash this blood off my robes.” (Raid wipe)

- “All you had to do is walk away.” (Raid wipe)

And oh boy do I imagine there’s very unique and very painful dialogue for all the possible death combos? Like cinematic agony

I would need some voice actors that specialize in “anguished wails of grief and agony” though.

Diily - Alaluria and Ladelia’s deaths

- “Y-you’re hurt but I’ll fix it. I’ll make it better, it’s okay. I-im here..your big sister’s here. I’ve got you..it’s o-okay..it’s okay.”

- “It should have been me..I’m so sorry, it should have been me..I promised..I promised..”

- “It’s okay. I’ll just..let you rest for now. I’ll be right here. I’ll keep you safe. It’s alright.”

- “Why couldn’t you have just killed me too?” (@the wiped raid/Elune/fate)

- “Anyone but you..”

- “This is all my fault.”

- “I don’t know how to live without you..I don’t want to.”

- “I was supposed to protect you..I’m s-sorry..I’m so sorry. I failed you-“

- “Is this my punishment? Tell me! What have I done to deserve this? What have they done to deserve this..they didn’t deserve this.” (Seemingly @ Elune)

- “what’s the point if you’re not here with me?”

- “I’ll hunt down every last one of them, I’ll make them suffer for this..and then I’ll join you. I’ll be with you soon, don’t worry.”

- “I love you. I love you..you know that don’t you? I love you so much, I love you both more than anything. More than life itself. Please get up, I’m begging you please get up- I need you to get up.”

- “I was supposed to be the first to go.” (In general not exclusive to this specific incident. She’s always wanted to die first because there’s nothing more horrifying to her than outliving her baby sisters

Alaluria @ Diily and Ladelia’s deaths

- “Hey..get up. That’s not funny.. -voice breaks- it’s really not f-funny…”

- “I promise, I’ll kill them all. Every one of them. I’ll..I’ll make them scream for mercy.”

- “It should have been me.”

- “I’m sorry, I’m sorry..I’m sorry.”

- “But..we’re a family again..?”

- “I love you..i know I don’t say it enough..but I love you. I love you so much. Is that what you want to hear? Is that what it’ll take? Please-“

- “I need you to get up..I need you..please..GET UP!”

- “you idiot/s. Don’t you dare do this to me! Please- just get up..I..”

- “it’s only fair you leave me now, huh? Is this my punishment?” (Said with immense bitterness and self loathing)

- “it wasn’t worth it.”

Ladelia @ Diily and Alaluria’s deaths

- “W-wake up. You both need to wake up. It’s time to go..i don’t want to be here anymore..i..want to go.”

- “Please..don’t leave me. Please..I can’t..I can’t do this without you.”

- “Get up both of you. You’re scaring me. Come on..Diily? Ally? Im..scared..”

- “It’s always been so easy to forget you’re not invincible..”

- “please don’t leave me alone..”

- “I’ll burn it all down..all of it. All of them. I promise” (No humor/pun intended)

- “you said you’d always be there..”

- “please..don’t go where I can’t come with you..”

- “I can..I can fix this. I will fix this..it’s just..a few spells. I’ll be right back.”

- “It was supposed to be the three of us who win..I-it’s always been the three of us. It’s supposed to always be the..”

- “You promised.”

BUT ALSO fun banter because..that was sad ouch…and maybe you don’t kill them at all and you just fight until they have to surrender…

Ladelia: “I’m on fire tonight-“ Alaluria: “I swear if you make one more fire joke I will turn around and shove this glaive so far up your-“

Ladelia: “Hey, Alaluria. Need a..hand?”: “Put that down and keep casting.” Alaluria: “Put that down and keep casting.”

Diily: “A regular game of cat and mouse.” Alaluria: “Not you too..”

Ladelia: “Diily, look no hands! Dragon’s Breath.” Diily: “That’s wonderful, little sister- but I’m a little busy at the moment”

Alaluria: “Touch my sister again and I’ll leave you choking on your own entrails.” Diily: “Awww..you really do care.” Alaluria: “Shut up.”

Diily: “Awww look at the little puppy (worgen) getting chased by the big bad kitty..you better run faster. She likes to play with her food.”

Ladelia: “I’ll have you know can appreciate a beautiful woman and fight her at the same time!”

Diily: “This next arrow is going in your ass, Alaluria.”

Diily: “Plan B!” Alaluria: “Come on, I hate plan B…” Ladelia: “You love it.” Alaluria: “It’s humiliating-“

Ladelia: “We need more synchronized fighting moves.” Alaluria: “What are we the Barkstreet Boys!?

Diily: “I do hope your rotten flesh doesn’t make my cats sick.” (Player death taunt particularly at undead/death knights/warlocks/etc. if it’s a demon hunter Alaluria will grumble in mock offense.)

Diily: “Touch my baby sister again and I’ll skin you alive and use you as throw rug.” Alaluria and Ladelia simultaneously: “Don’t call me that in battle!”

Ladelia: “Flame on-“ Diily: “Is that a reference to something too?” Ladelia: “I don’t know it just felt right..?”

Alaluria: “Stop juggling your fire balls and do something-“ Ladelia: “Hah!!!!” Alaluria: Seriously? You’re over ten thousand years old act like it-“

Ladelia: “Those are some impressive hooves, you know. You should try kicking them like a donkey. Alaluria: “I’m seriously considering devouring your soul, dear sister.” Ladelia: “I’m being serious!”

Diily: “you need to be more careful-“ Alaluria: “is this really the time for a lecture?”

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thehappywildflower-blog · 7 years

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SO… I know I have been AWOL for a while. I guess since I got back home and the reality of finding articles started to sink in so did all my inspiration. Reality hit me, until Im done with this-professional part of my life… I wont be travelling abroad for a while. So yeah… The post travel blues are real…

Now that I’m past all that… Its time to reminisce. In my next several blog posts ill be filling you in on my little euro tour I took last year with one of my best friends. To start, my advice when travelling with a companion, is take someone super awesome, that’s on the same wave-length as you are, if you are an eager beaver and want to eat, smell and see everything, best your buddy is the same. I was in luck.

September last year i embarked on one of the most incredible journeys of my life… for now… (Im an optimist)… starting with Paris…

I arrived from Serbia- my start was plagued with bad omens, the night before my ghd had tripped the electricity, the plug blew, which ended up with our neighbour coming over at midnight to try fix my straightener, me in tears (wailing that I simply could not go without it) and that morning i overslept, nearly missing my flight..

Dom arrived hours before me travelling from South Africa… lets just say… it was not easy finding each other as we were on opposite sides of the airport. When we did, we were those high school girls squealing from excitement.

We purchased a 3 day all zone metro pass at the airport and went staright to Disney Land leaving our luggage at the disney train station. We were excited and giddy, our energy contagious. Disney Land was so much fun! Its huge and we somehow managed to go through most of it. My absolute favourite was the Phantom Manor which is a haunted house, Pirates of the Carribean which is a cruise through a pirate attack on a Spanish fortress, Space Mountain a roller coaster and La Taniere du Dragon- we went several times… i was like a kid in a candy store- or lets rather say- me in a candy store! Disney Land is a must do when visiting Paris! For kids and big kids (i.e. 25 year olds who still watch animations= ME) it is a dream. I was a bit disappointed that rides such as Big Thunder mountain and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril were closed, however the park is has tons of stuff to make up for it. By the time we reached our hostel called the Generator we were broken!

Excited!

Two dorks on a carousel.

We aint scared!!

The Generator

The Generator hostel in Paris was the best hostel Ive been to so far! Ultra modern 3 story building with a nightclub on the last floor. Our hostel dorm had its own bathroom and although we all shared it, it felt private and was very clean. We both went in there not knowing what to expect as Id never stayed at a hostel before… Ive never regretted it since…

We met the most incredible people in our hostel! 2 super funny Australian boys who we later met up with in Amsterdam, beautiful sisters from Washington DC, a soon to be very unhappy French dude, and our most favourite Mexicans and in the mix a Argentinian! That there, is also a huge reason why i love travelling! Meeting strange unique foreign people! I love it!

Our second day we headed out to the palace of Versailles bright and early. We spent hours and hours roaming the gardens, stalking tour guides to overhear some information. When we thought we could go no more… We finally went into the palace itself. Which is not a good idea!! Go into the palace first!! Our poor legs no longer had sensation! I took a moment to soak it all in, to imagine the extravagance that has walked through those halls, Im a history buff, knowing Marie Antoinette and King Louis among many other royals, walked and ate cake in the very space that I was now stepping with a grumbly tummy, I was perhaps starstruck. Above all the glitz and the glamour, the beauty of the interior, my most memorable moment was when Dom set off the alarm. In the Palace of Versailles!!! Only my friends are capable of such things…

We walked the streets of Paris, getting happily lost, talking endlessly, entertaining ourselves with impersonations of accents. We had not yet seen the Eiffel tower and it came into our view suddenly and unexpectedly but far off into the distance. Don’t the two of us decide to walk there. Along the way we found the most amazing Gelato shop called Amorino which made your cone in the shape of a rose! I was pretty chuffed with our find. We walked and walked, discovering the Pantheon, Notre Dam and many other finds. Never did we actually get to t he Eiffel that day.

On our last day in Paris we went to the Louvre. Another remarkable place to see. I remember walking into the room where the Mona Lisa stood, a huge crowd gathered around it, as I turned around I caught my breathe. There on the opposite wall was a huge painting of the last supper, from floor to ceiling. Now that, my friends, was greater than the Mona Lisa. From the Lourve we had lunch under the Eiffel Tower, exhausted from all the walking. How wonderful it was for us to sit eating our budget meal of wrapped up bread and cheese from that mornings breakfast buffet. We pushed ourselves to visit The Arc de Triumph and Champs-Elysees. When we thought we could take no more, we headed back to our hostel. Not realizing what it had in store.

so happy to see the eiffel for the first time

did we need to pee when we took this pic?

That night, it being our last, our entire dorm (except for Frenchie) decided to celebrate, we missioned the streets trying to find somewhere to go, it being a Sunday led us back to our hostel where we partied in the underground club, when that ended we got kicked out by the security and commensed outside, picking up whichever stragglers we could find. When all the members in our dorm- besides the French guy that remained to sleep due to work the next day- decided to call it quits, we snuck up to our room chanting “Frenchie, Frienchie” from a whisper to shouting, waking up our Frenchie, making him officially hate us for life, creating our life long bond of room 808 Generator Paris September 2016.

#room 808

Then we went onto our next adventure…

To be continued…

Peace…

Milica xoxo

From Paris… With Love…❤ SO... I know I have been AWOL for a while. I guess since I got back home and the reality of finding articles started to sink in so did all my inspiration.

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